We got a message from Tom Fuschetto, an English teacher for South Texas Community College in McAllen, Texas. He has an original Dorothy Parker play coming up, and he’s holding auditions. He has written and produced 10 plays (all comedies) in South Texas. Writers In Literary Discussion (WILD) is an organization that he started in…
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Back to Court Again for Copyright Battle
In the seemingly neverending copyright dispute between Stuart Silverstein and Penguin Putnam, both sides were back in court today. We’re waiting to hear what happened. They were at the US courthouse at 40 Centre Street, Foley Square, a three-judge panel of the US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Penguin’s appeal of…
Parker & It’s A Wonderful Life?
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…
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…
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