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The Ten-Year Lunch

1987

56 minutes

DocumentaryTV Movie

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.

Top Cast

Heywood Hale Broun headshot

Heywood Hale Broun

Himself - Host

Marc Connelly headshot

Marc Connelly

Himself - Participant

Margalo Gillmore headshot

Margalo Gillmore

Herself - Participant

Ruth Gordon headshot

Ruth Gordon

Herself - Participant

Averell Harriman headshot

Averell Harriman

Himself - Participant

Helen Hayes headshot

Helen Hayes

Herself - Participant

Roberta Maxwell headshot

Roberta Maxwell

Dorothy Parker (voice)

Marshall Efron headshot

Marshall Efron

Alexander Woollcott (voice)

Cynthia Adler headshot

Cynthia Adler

Edna Ferber (voice)

Nat Benchley headshot

Nat Benchley

Robert Benchley (voice)

Fred Gwynne headshot

Fred Gwynne

George S. Kaufman (voice)

Ray Owens headshot

Ray Owens

Franklin P. Adams (voice)

Alexander Woollcott headshot

Alexander Woollcott

Himself (archive footage)

Dorothy Parker headshot

Dorothy Parker

Herself (archive footage)

Edna Ferber headshot

Edna Ferber

Herself (archive footage)

Franklin P. Adams headshot

Franklin P. Adams

Himself (archive footage)

Harpo Marx headshot

Harpo Marx

Himself (archive footage)

Raoul Fleischman headshot

Raoul Fleischman

Himself (archive footage)

Robert Benchley headshot

Robert Benchley

Himself (archive footage)

Robert E. Sherwood headshot

Robert E. Sherwood

Himself (archive footage)