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The Algonquin Round Table New York
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Author : Kevin C. Fitzpatrick
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-02-07
The Algonquin Round Table New York written by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-07 with History categories.
"That is the thing about New York," wrote Dorothy Parker in 1928. "It is always a little more than you had hoped for. Each day, there, is so definitely a new day." Now you can journey back there, in time, to a grand city teeming with hidden bars, luxurious movie palaces, and dazzling skyscrapers. In these places, Dorothy Parker and her cohorts in the Vicious Circle at the infamous Algonquin Round Table sharpened their wit, polished their writing, and captured the energy and elegance of the time. Robert Benchley, Parker’s best friend, became the first managing editor of Vanity Fair before Irving Berlin spotted him onstage in a Vicious Circle revue and helped launch his acting career. Edna Ferber, an occasional member of the group, wrote the Pulitzer-winning bestseller So Big as well as Show Boat and Cimarron. Jane Grant pressed her first husband, Harold Ross, into starting The New Yorker. Neysa McMein, reputedly “rode elephants in circus parades and dashed from her studio to follow passing fire engines.” Dorothy Parker wrote for Vanity Fair and Vogue before ascending the throne as queen of the Round Table, earning everlasting fame (but rather less fortune) for her award-winning short stories and unforgettable poems. Alexander Woollcott, the centerpiece of the group, worked as drama critic for the Times and the World, wrote profiles of his friends for The New Yorker, and lives on today as Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner. Explore their favorite salons and saloons, their homes and offices (most still standing), while learning about their colorful careers and private lives. Packed with archival photos, drawings, and other images--including never-before-published material--this illustrated historical guide includes current information on all locations. Use it to retrace the footsteps of the Algonquin Round Table, and you’ll discover that the golden age of Gotham still surrounds us.
The Algonquin Round Table
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Author : Konrad Bercovici
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2024-05-01
The Algonquin Round Table written by Konrad Bercovici and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Located in New York's theatre district, the Algonquin Hotel became an artistic hub for the city and a landmark in America's cultural life. It was a meeting place and home away from home for such luminaries as famed wits/authors Alexander Woollcott and Dorothy Parker; Broadway and Hollywood stars, including Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Laughton; popular raconteurs like Robert Benchley; and New York City mayors Jimmy Walker and Fiorello LaGuardia. Observing it all was celebrated author and journalist Konrad Bercovici. Born in Romania, Bercovici settled in New York, where he became known for reporting on its rich cultural life. While digging through an inherited trunk of family papers, his granddaughter, Mirana Comstock, discovered this previously unpublished manuscript on Bercovici's years at the Algonquin Round Table. Lovers of New York lore and fans of American culture will enjoy his vivid, intimate accounts of what it was like to be a member of this distinguished circle.
The Vicious Circle
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Author : Margaret Case Harriman
language : en
Publisher: New York, Rinehart [1951]
Release Date : 1951
The Vicious Circle written by Margaret Case Harriman and has been published by New York, Rinehart [1951] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Actors categories.
George S Kaufman And The Algonquin Round Table
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
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The Lost Algonquin Round Table
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Author : Nat Benchley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-07
The Lost Algonquin Round Table written by Nat Benchley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07 with Literary Collections categories.
The Legendary Writers of the Vicious Circle Collected Together For the First Time The Algonquin was a refuge for the brightest authors, editors, critics, columnists, artists, financiers, composers, directors, producers and actors of the times. The dining-room corner was a hot bed of raconteurs and conversationalists. Harpo Marx In Jazz Age New York City, no literary lights burned more brightly than those of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. Now between covers for the first time is a collection of writing by 16 members of the group, an all-star gathering that took 90 years to come together. Many of these pieces have never been published before; plucked from private family collections and lost pieces from obscure periodicals. ● Humor pieces by Robert Benchley, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood Broun, Frank Sullivan and Donald Ogden Stewart. ● Criticism from Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman and Robert E. Sherwood. ● Short fiction by Laurence Stallings and Pulitzer Prize-winners Edna Ferber and Margaret Leech. ● Journalism from Alexander Woollcott, Ruth Hale and Deems Taylor. ● Poetry by Adams, Marc Connelly, Dorothy Parker and John V. A. Weaver. With a foreword by Nat Benchley.
Wit S End
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Author : James R. Gaines
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Release Date : 1977
Wit S End written by James R. Gaines and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Murder Your Darlings
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Author : J.J. Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2011-01-04
Murder Your Darlings written by J.J. Murphy and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-04 with Fiction categories.
One morning legendary wit Dorothy Parker discovers someone under Manhattan's famed Algonquin Round Table. A little early for a passed out drunk, isn't it? But he's not dead drunk, just dead. When a charming writer from Mississippi named Billy Faulkner becomes a suspect in the murder, Dorothy decides to dabble in a little detective work, enlisting her literary cohorts. It's up to the Algonquins to outwit the true culprit-preferably before cocktail hour-and before the clever killer turns the tables on them.
A Friendly Game Of Murder
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Author : J.J. Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-12-31
A Friendly Game Of Murder written by J.J. Murphy and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-31 with Fiction categories.
Why should Dorothy Parker’s friends be the only ones making “enviable names” in “science, art, and parlor games”? Dorothy can play with the best of them—as she sets out to prove at a New Year’s Eve party at the Algonquin Hotel. Since the swanky soiree is happening in the penthouse suite of swashbuckling star Douglas Fairbanks, some derring-do is called for. How about a little game of “Murder”? Each partygoer draws a card to be detective, murderer, or victim. But young Broadway starlet Bibi Bibelot trumps them all when her dead body is found in the bathtub. No one knows who the killer is, but one thing is for sure—they won’t be making gin in that bathtub. When more partiers are put in peril, it becomes clear the game is indeed on, and it’s up to Dorothy, surprise guest Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the members of the Round Table to stay alive—and relatively sober—long enough to find the killer…
You Might As Well Die
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Author : J.J. Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2011-12-06
You Might As Well Die written by J.J. Murphy and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-06 with Fiction categories.
When second-rate illustrator Ernie MacGuffin's artistic works triple in value following his apparent suicide off the Brooklyn Bridge, Dorothy Parker smells something fishy. Enlisting the help of magician and skeptic Harry Houdini, she goes to a séance held by MacGuffin's mistress, where Ernie's ghostly voice seems hauntingly real...
The Vicious Circle
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Author : Otto Penzler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Vicious Circle written by Otto Penzler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Detective and mystery stories, American categories.
A collection of short mystery and detective stories by members of the Algonquin Round Table, including S. J. Perelman's "Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer," Ring Lardner's "Haircut," and Dorothy Parker's "Big Blonde."