The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Theater: Brooks Atkinson Opening Date: Jan. 1, 1964 Performances: 5 Playwright: Tennessee Williams Director: Tony Richardson Producer: David Merrick

Partial Cast: Marian Seldes, Ralph Roberts, Tab Hunter, Ruth Ford, Bobby Dean Hooks, Konrad Matthaei

Tallulah's Role: Flora Goforth

This was not one of Tennessee Williams's best plays, but Tallulah happily accepted the role of Flora Goforth when he offered it to her. Goforth is an aging ex-Follies girl, living on the Italian Riviera and writing her memoirs. Enter a young handsome gigolo known as the "Angel of Death" (played by Tab Hunter) who brings peace to her life. Again, Tallulah clashed with her director, Tony Richardson, as she was not used to his "modern" techniques in the theater. Reviews were poor and most critics thought that Tallulah's line readings were unintelligible. Milk Train did not fare much better as a film either. Retitled Boom and filmed in 1969, it proved a disastrous vehicle for Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.