The Fort Worth Star-Telegram had this nugget of info connecting Mrs. Parker with the cinema legend of George Bailey & Clarence the angel: On Dec. 20, 1946, Frank Capra’s film It’s a Wonderful Life has a preview showing in New York before going on to flop at the box office. World-class wit and cynic Dorothy…
Author: Kevin Fitzpatrick
I'm a writer and sightseeing guide. I'm the author and editor of seven books tied to New York history. I started the Dorothy Parker Society in 1999 with friends at the Algonquin Hotel.
Auction Silliness Continues
Something happens when people jump onto eBay — they lose their minds. I am talking about the recent activity in signed Dorothy Parker books and letters. The archives have stories of past auctions over the past 5 years. The gallery lists some samples of Mrs. Parker’s signatures. But a recent auction takes the cake. An…
Hollywood Ending
What do Dorothy Parker and Spiderman have in common? Michael F. Hoover. He’s the Emmy winning (for Children of Dune) special effects wiz in Hollywood, who named his company after the Garden of Allah, where Mrs. Parker, Robert Benchley and Scott Fitzgerald used to hang their hats (and their hangovers). Michael was cool enough to…
Benchley’s Best Top 10 List
Just in time for the holidays, we got a message from David Trumbull from The Robert Benchley Society in Cambridge. The Robert Benchley Society announces a “top ten” list of humorous holiday readings.The list includes two pieces by Mr. Benchley along with eight other humor authors.Members of the Robert Benchley Society suggested readings for the…
New Parker book for 2004
Great news for all Dorothy Parker fans: author Marion Meade has a new book coming out May 18, 2004 about our favorite person. Meade wrote the definitive and best Parker biography Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell is This? in 1987. Now she goes back to the well one more time for Bobbed Hair and Bathtub…
New York Sun Writes About Parkerfest
Thanks to our friend Gary Shapiro at the New York Sun, we got a nice article in the paper today about Parkerfest. www.dorothyparker.com