The infamous madam Polly Adler is now online with DOT CITY. She was a friend of Dorothy Parker’s, and ran a brothel for 25 years. See her page here. April 16 is the date of what would be Polly’s 100th birthday. So do something sinful this weekend… Just got word that the May issue of…
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New Dottie Locations
You ask, we deliver. More new pages to the Dot City guide to Dorothy Parker. There are 4 new additions to the site. Because so many members keep asking, “Where did Mrs. Parker drink?” I went out and added three places that Dottie tipped back a few. “21” is the most famous of all, and…
Make it a Benchley Night; Blast from the Past
There is a great video now on sale in the Book Shop that captures on film three of the key members of the Algonquin Round Table: Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott and Donald Ogden Stewart. Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin is a must-have for fans of the Gonk. The video is a compilation…
Rumor Mill
Someone said that Angelina Jolie quotes “Resume” in the new movie Girl, Interrupted . Has anyone seen this Winona Ryder vehicle, and care to comment? Annie Hall, Meet Marion Marion Meade will always hold a special place in all our hearts for her definitive biography 10 years ago of Dorothy Parker, What Fresh Hell Is…
London Calling
Dorothy Parker is back in the running for another award, 33 years after her death. Britain’s top theater kudos, the Laurence Olivier Awards, announced the nominees. Mrs. Parker is included in the category for Outstanding Musical Production. What got her in? A revival of Candide, the 1956 musical that she kicked in the lyrics for…
MM and DP in Cambridge, Mass.
What is the connection between screen goddess Marilyn Monroe, Harvard University, and Mrs. Parker? It seems the doomed actress was also a fan of Dottie. The Portable Dorothy Parker was among five books owned by Marilyn Monroe that were donated to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. (On Oct. 1, 1999, Radcliffe College and Harvard…