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It is fitting that a chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society launches in Los Angeles this month. Mrs. Parker spent about 30 years going back and forth from New York to Hollywood when she was a screenwriter. Her houses there were not small, and neither were her paychecks. The highlight of her career was the…
Attention fans of cartoons: The Dorothy Parker Society is hosting an event at the Algonquin Hotel that will draw seven notable cartoonists to celebrate the publication of Sex and Sensibility: Ten Women Examine the Lunacy of Modern Love…in 200 Cartoons. Liza Donnelly, who has been a cartoonist at The New Yorker since 1982, edits the…
Dorothy Parker never really had a great cover for any of her books until almost 40 years after her death. Now that hard work by Seth, the amazing Canadian artist who created the 2006 Portable Dorothy Parker cover with French flaps, has been rewarded. The Design Museum in London (on Shad Thames, which I think…
The first Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour of the year will be Sunday, March 30. Meet at Noon at the hotel on West 44th Street. Cost is $15 per person. All info here. www.dorothyparker.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64-15TwZnJU A few years ago Kino International put out a great DVD collection called The Paramount Comedy Shorts 1928-1942: Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin. To help promote it, the company has uploaded a little of a Robert Benchley short film, “How to Take A Vacation.” This is great stuff. Now you can…
The Plaza Hotel opened to the public last weekend, so we paid a visit. Not to stay the night, or eat in the Palm Court. It was jammed with tourists. The Times said that the owners spent $400 million on renovations, which is why it was closed for three years. It was supposed to open…