The Ten-Year Lunch - 1988

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.

56min
1988
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.6/10

Cast

Heywood Hale Broun profile pictureHeywood Hale BrounHimself - Host
Marc Connelly profile pictureMarc ConnellyHimself - Participant
Margalo Gillmore profile pictureMargalo GillmoreHerself - Participant
Ruth Gordon profile pictureRuth GordonHerself - Participant
Averell Harriman profile pictureAverell HarrimanHimself - Participant
Helen Hayes profile pictureHelen HayesHerself - Participant
Roberta Maxwell profile pictureRoberta MaxwellDorothy Parker (voice)
Marshall Efron profile pictureMarshall EfronAlexander Woollcott (voice)
Cynthia Adler profile pictureCynthia AdlerEdna Ferber (voice)
Fred Gwynne profile pictureFred GwynneGeorge S. Kaufman (voice)
Alexander Woollcott profile pictureAlexander WoollcottHimself (archive footage)
Dorothy Parker profile pictureDorothy ParkerHerself (archive footage)
Edna Ferber profile pictureEdna FerberHerself (archive footage)
Harpo Marx profile pictureHarpo MarxHimself (archive footage)
Robert Benchley profile pictureRobert BenchleyHimself (archive footage)
Robert E. Sherwood profile pictureRobert E. SherwoodHimself (archive footage)

About The Ten-Year Lunch

The Ten-Year Lunch 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.

Runtime: 56min

Extra details

Original Title: The Ten-Year Lunch
Original Language: English
Directed By: Aviva Slesin
Production Companies
American Masters PicturesAviva FilmsThirteen