Written for Expedia Travels Magazine, November 2000 By James A. Martin, ©2001 James A. Martin NEW YORK — The woman who coined the phrases “what the hell,” “one-night stand,” and “ball of fire” is now the focus of a Manhattan tour that begins on the Web and ends, if you time it right, in a…
Ring Lardner Jr. Dies
Another connection to Mrs. Parker and the Algonquin has passed away. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr., who had been the last surviving member of the blacklisted “Hollywood Ten,” died of cancer Oct. 31 at his Manhattan apartment. He was 85. Lardner won Oscars for best original screenplay with Michael Kanin for the 1942…
Bankhead on Broadway
One of Dorothy Parker’s contemporaries is hitting the New York scene in a big way. Tallulah Bankhead, a late addition to the Algonquin Round Table, is the subject of no less than three shows on and off-Broadway. Kathleen Turner is in one of them. One can expect Mrs. Parker’s name to be among the scripts…
USA Today article on Website
More national coverage about the Dorothy Parker Society. This is from USA Today. Read the article here. Reporter A.S. Berman says of the website: …a website allows a new generation to follow Parker’s life in the BigApple. The journey sometimes feels more like a pub crawl through cyberspace thana hyperlinked history lesson. www.dorothyparker.com
Fake Alert on eBay
Watch out, there is a guy on eBay trying to pass off a letter as signed by Mrs. Parker, and it isn’t from her. Don’t be fooled. Here is what I sent him, and what he sent back. Beware of fake Parker autographs, use this online guide for reference. My letter:Hey,That Parker autograph on ebay…
Live Chat a Success
The live chat for Mrs. Parker’s birthday was a lot of fun. We were going to post the transcript, but reading it now there is too much editing that needs to be done to make it bearable! Sorry! We will probably do another chat soon because this one was a lot of fun. Thanks to…