The Ten-Year Lunch

The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table

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198756m

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.

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Thumbnail for video: “The Ten-Year Lunch” Wins Documentary Feature: 1988 Oscars

“The Ten-Year Lunch” Wins Documentary Feature: 1988 Oscars

Cast

Photo of Heywood Hale Broun

Heywood Hale Broun

Himself - Host

Photo of Marc Connelly

Marc Connelly

Himself - Participant

Photo of Margalo Gillmore

Margalo Gillmore

Herself - Participant

Photo of Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon

Herself - Participant

Photo of Averell Harriman

Averell Harriman

Himself - Participant

Photo of Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes

Herself - Participant

Photo of Roberta Maxwell

Roberta Maxwell

Dorothy Parker (voice)

Photo of Marshall Efron

Marshall Efron

Alexander Woollcott (voice)

Photo of Cynthia Adler

Cynthia Adler

Edna Ferber (voice)

Photo of Nat Benchley

Nat Benchley

Robert Benchley (voice)

Photo of Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne

George S. Kaufman (voice)

Photo of Alexander Woollcott

Alexander Woollcott

Himself (archive footage)

Photo of Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker

Herself (archive footage)

Photo of Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber

Herself (archive footage)

Photo of Harpo Marx

Harpo Marx

Himself (archive footage)

Photo of Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Himself (archive footage)

Photo of Robert E. Sherwood

Robert E. Sherwood

Himself (archive footage)

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