The Small Press Center is hosting events that will appeal to all fans of the Round Table. The Dorothy Parker Society is going to attend them, and then we’ll move things to the Algonquin Hotel and it’s famous Blue Bar for drinks. It is sponsored by The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the…
Benchley Films Unspooling in Beantown
We hear the Robert Benchley Society is at it again with their first event of the new year. Society President David Trumbull writes: You are invited to an EVENING of Robert BENCHLEY’S Hollywood SHORT SUBJECTS. WHO: Mr. Chris Morgan of the “We’ve Come for the Davenport” (Boston) chapter of the Robert Benchley Society invites you…
Acting up in Texas
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…
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…