
The Ten-Year Lunch
The Ten-Year Lunch
Release: 1987-09-28·Runtime: 56m·★ 6.5
DocumentaryTV Movie
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
American Masters Pictures
Aviva Films
Thirteen
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Averell Harrimanas Himself - Participant
Cynthia Adleras Edna Ferber (voice)
Alexander Woollcottas Himself (archive footage)
Robert Benchleyas Himself (archive footage)
Margalo Gillmoreas Herself - Participant
Helen Hayesas Herself - Participant
Nat Benchleyas Robert Benchley (voice)
Harpo Marxas Himself (archive footage)
Heywood Hale Brounas Himself - Host
Marc Connellyas Himself - Participant
Ruth Gordonas Herself - Participant
Roberta Maxwellas Dorothy Parker (voice)
Fred Gwynneas George S. Kaufman (voice)
Robert E. Sherwoodas Himself (archive footage)
Marshall Efronas Alexander Woollcott (voice)
Dorothy Parkeras Herself (archive footage)
Edna Ferberas Herself (archive footage)
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