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The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)

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.
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Aviva Slesin profile
Aviva Slesin

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Cast

Heywood Hale Broun profile
Heywood Hale Broun

Himself - Host

Marc Connelly profile
Marc Connelly

Himself - Participant

Margalo Gillmore profile
Margalo Gillmore

Herself - Participant

Ruth Gordon profile
Ruth Gordon

Herself - Participant

Averell Harriman profile
Averell Harriman

Himself - Participant

Helen Hayes profile
Helen Hayes

Herself - Participant

Roberta Maxwell profile
Roberta Maxwell

Dorothy Parker (voice)

Marshall Efron profile
Marshall Efron

Alexander Woollcott (voice)

Cynthia Adler profile
Cynthia Adler

Edna Ferber (voice)

Nat Benchley profile
Nat Benchley

Robert Benchley (voice)

Fred Gwynne profile
Fred Gwynne

George S. Kaufman (voice)

Ray Owens profile
Ray Owens

Franklin P. Adams (voice)

Heywood Hale Broun profile
Heywood Hale Broun

Himself - Host

Marc Connelly profile
Marc Connelly

Himself - Participant

Margalo Gillmore profile
Margalo Gillmore

Herself - Participant

Ruth Gordon profile
Ruth Gordon

Herself - Participant

Averell Harriman profile
Averell Harriman

Himself - Participant

Helen Hayes profile
Helen Hayes

Herself - Participant

Roberta Maxwell profile
Roberta Maxwell

Dorothy Parker (voice)

Marshall Efron profile
Marshall Efron

Alexander Woollcott (voice)

Cynthia Adler profile
Cynthia Adler

Edna Ferber (voice)

Nat Benchley profile
Nat Benchley

Robert Benchley (voice)

Fred Gwynne profile
Fred Gwynne

George S. Kaufman (voice)

Ray Owens profile
Ray Owens

Franklin P. Adams (voice)

Extra

Release Date

September 28, 1987

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

American Masters Pictures logoAviva Films logoThirteen logo

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