The read
It runs a compact 56m.
Synopsis
The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The New Yorker founder Harold Ross; columnist and social reformer Heywood Broun; critic Alexander Woollcott; and playwrights George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber and Robert Sherwood.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Aviva SlesinDirector
- Peter FogesWriter
- Mary Jo KaplanWriter
Cast
- Heywood Hale BrounHimself - Host
- Marc ConnellyHimself - Participant
- Margalo GillmoreHerself - Participant
- Ruth GordonHerself - Participant
- Averell HarrimanHimself - Participant
- Helen HayesHerself - Participant
- Roberta MaxwellDorothy Parker (voice)
- Marshall EfronAlexander Woollcott (voice)
- Cynthia AdlerEdna Ferber (voice)
- Nat BenchleyRobert Benchley (voice)
- Fred GwynneGeorge S. Kaufman (voice)
- Ray OwensFranklin P. Adams (voice)
Stills
Themes
new york cityjournalistplaywrightwriterwoman director1920salgonquin hotelliterary lunch