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The Ten-Year Lunch

The Ten-Year Lunch

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Documentary   TV 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1987-09-28
⌚ Running Time: 56 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.4

Beloved Cast

Heywood Hale Broun original image
Himself - Host
Heywood Hale Broun
Marc Connelly original image
Himself - Participant
Marc Connelly
Margalo Gillmore original image
Herself - Participant
Margalo Gillmore
Ruth Gordon original image
Herself - Participant
Ruth Gordon
Averell Harriman original image
Himself - Participant
Averell Harriman
Helen Hayes original image
Herself - Participant
Helen Hayes
Roberta Maxwell original image
Dorothy Parker (voice)
Roberta Maxwell
Marshall Efron original image
Alexander Woollcott (voice)
Marshall Efron
Cynthia Adler original image
Edna Ferber (voice)
Cynthia Adler
Nat Benchley original image
Robert Benchley (voice)
Nat Benchley
Fred Gwynne original image
George S. Kaufman (voice)
Fred Gwynne
Ray Owens original image
Franklin P. Adams (voice)
Ray Owens
Alexander Woollcott original image
Himself (archive footage)
Alexander Woollcott
Dorothy Parker original image
Herself (archive footage)
Dorothy Parker
Edna Ferber original image
Herself (archive footage)
Edna Ferber
Franklin P. Adams original image
Himself (archive footage)
Franklin P. Adams
Harpo Marx original image
Himself (archive footage)
Harpo Marx
Raoul Fleischman original image
Himself (archive footage)
Raoul Fleischman
Robert Benchley original image
Himself (archive footage)
Robert Benchley
Robert E. Sherwood original image
Himself (archive footage)
Robert E. Sherwood

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