Someone said that Angelina Jolie quotes “Resume” in the new movie Girl, Interrupted . Has anyone seen this Winona Ryder vehicle, and care to comment? Annie Hall, Meet Marion Marion Meade will always hold a special place in all our hearts for her definitive biography 10 years ago of Dorothy Parker, What Fresh Hell Is…
Tag: Parker References
London Calling
Dorothy Parker is back in the running for another award, 33 years after her death. Britain’s top theater kudos, the Laurence Olivier Awards, announced the nominees. Mrs. Parker is included in the category for Outstanding Musical Production. What got her in? A revival of Candide, the 1956 musical that she kicked in the lyrics for…
MM and DP in Cambridge, Mass.
What is the connection between screen goddess Marilyn Monroe, Harvard University, and Mrs. Parker? It seems the doomed actress was also a fan of Dottie. The Portable Dorothy Parker was among five books owned by Marilyn Monroe that were donated to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. (On Oct. 1, 1999, Radcliffe College and Harvard…
I’m Waiting for the Man
All hail Lou Reed and his rock ‘n’ roll heart! Lou is our favorite rocker, and now we find out that the former English major and new Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is a Parker fan too. This item was in today’s New York Post, our favorite tabloid: “The steady decline in literacy is…
Dash and Lilly Review
It has taken a few days for Dash and Lilly to sink in. Many Parker fans have e-mailed their opinions of the movie to the site. While this isn’t a review of the movie, which was eagerly anticipated because Bebe Neuwirth was playing Dottie, I wanted to list a couple of points: Bebe was wasted….
Dashing for the Bus
If you live in New York City, you can ride around in a bus with the images of Dashiell Hammett (Sam Shepard) and Lillian Hellman (Judy Davis). The A&E; Web site has a section devoted to Dash and Lilly, with a lot of photos and background material. There is only one photo of Bebe Neuwirth…