The Ten-Year Lunch

The Ten-Year Lunch (1987-09-28)

Documentary | TV Movie |

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Overview

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.

Directed By: Aviva Slesin

Star Cast: Heywood Hale Broun , Marc Connelly , Margalo Gillmore , Ruth Gordon ,

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Status: Released
Runtime: 56m
Popularity: 0.5257
Language: en

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Vote Average: 6.545
Vote Count: 11

Keywords

new york city journalist playwright writer woman director 1920s algonquin hotel literary lunch

Star Cast
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Heywood Hale Broun

Heywood Hale Broun

Himself - Host

Marc Connelly

Marc Connelly

Himself - Participant

Margalo Gillmore

Margalo Gillmore

Herself - Participant

Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon

Herself - Participant

Averell Harriman

Averell Harriman

Himself - Participant

Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes

Herself - Participant

Roberta Maxwell

Roberta Maxwell

Dorothy Parker (voice)

Marshall Efron

Marshall Efron

Alexander Woollcott (voice)

Cynthia Adler

Cynthia Adler

Edna Ferber (voice)

Nat Benchley

Nat Benchley

Robert Benchley (voice)

Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne

George S. Kaufman (voice)

Ray Owens

Ray Owens

Franklin P. Adams (voice)

Alexander Woollcott

Alexander Woollcott

Himself (archive footage)

Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker

Herself (archive footage)

Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber

Herself (archive footage)

Franklin P. Adams

Franklin P. Adams

Himself (archive footage)

Harpo Marx

Harpo Marx

Himself (archive footage)

Raoul Fleischman

Raoul Fleischman

Himself (archive footage)