The Los Angeles chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society presents an evening of frolic and LA history in the 20s on Thursday, July 31, at 6:30-10 pm at Casa Del Mar, 1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Phone: (310) 581-5533. We will have time to get to know each other during cocktail hour between…
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We Love L.A.
The new chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society is up and rolling in Los Angeles. An officer’s meeting was held at the venerable and famous Chateau Marmont recently. With a “no photos, please” policy we do not get any cocktail action inside. But from all accounts, Adrienne and Brian of L.A. and visitors Kate and…
Los Angeles DPS Chapter Launch
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…
West Hollywood Literary Award Soiree Sept. 29
The first annual Algonquin West Hollywood Literary Award Soiree event will be held on Saturday, September 29 at the Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069, at 7:00 p.m. The event will honor the literary achievements of acclaimed author Mark Salzman and will be a benefit for PEN in the Classroom, a…
Re-Make in the Works with A-List Stars
Janet or Jennifer, who’s the best Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester? Jennifer Lopez could succeed Janet Gaynor (and Judy Garland & Barbra Streisand). Hollywood insiders say that a remake of A Star Is Born is in the works. Dorothy Parker was nominatated for an Academy Award for her screenplay for the 1937 original, which she wrote with…
Hooray for Hollywood
Kristin McMahon is going to head things up for us all in Tinseltown. The Dorothy Parker Society of New York is pleased to announce it has found a West Coast President. Kristin McMahon, a resident of Los Angeles and recently in New York for pleasure, had lunch with us at the Algonquin Hotel. Over a…