Dorothy Parker Society

Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998

Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Society
  • Tours
    • Dorothy Parker Upper West Side
    • Algonquin Round Table
    • The Guide
  • Homes
    • Los Angeles
  • Haunts
  • Gallery
    • Audio
  • Book Shop
    • By Dorothy Parker
    • About Dorothy Parker
    • Algonquin Round Table
    • By Round Table Members
    • Collections
    • Plays & Study Guides
    • Audio Books
    • DVD
  • Contact
Menu

Tag: screenwriting

1953 Hollywood

In Lost 1953 Speech, Dorothy Parker Rips Hollywood

Posted on March 6, 2017March 7, 2017 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The year 1953 was a major one in the life of Dorothy Parker. She was living in Manhattan again after years spent in California. In June she was subpoenaed by Senator Joseph McCarthy, along with Lillian Hellman and Rockwell Kent. On August 22 Parker turned sixty. In October her last Broadway play, The Ladies of…

Read more
Jennifer Lopez

Re-Make in the Works with A-List Stars

Posted on October 28, 2002June 17, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

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…

Read more
Dorothy Parker

Recent News

  • 15 Dorothy Parker Poems, 1 Classic Short Story, Enter Public Domain in U.S. December 13, 2019
  • Repeal Day Party December 5 at NY Distilling Company, See the Mink December 3, 2019
  • Restoring a Dorothy Parker Portrait November 20, 2019
  • Halloween Tour of Childhood & Young Adult Homes October 22, 2019
  • NY Distilling Debuts Dorothy Parker Rose Petal Gin September 24, 2019
  • New Yorker Podcast Reads 1955 Parker September 18, 2019
  • Dorothy Parker Society Turns 20 August 28, 2019
  • Building Rises at Demolished Parker Childhood Home August 14, 2019
  • I. Miller Building 20th Anniversary as a Landmark June 29, 2019
  • Algonquin Round Table Centennial Summer June 12, 2019

News Archives

Like Us

A Vicious Circle

  • Algonquin Hotel
  • Algonquin Round Table
  • Dorothy Parker on Facebook
  • Dorothy Parker Society Los Angeles
  • Dorothy Parker Society Seattle
  • Franklin P. Adams
  • George S. Kaufman
  • Heywood Broun
  • Robert Benchley Society

Friend Sites

  • Don Marquis
  • Ellen Meister
  • Fitzgerald Society
  • Forgotten NY
  • Great Gatsby Boat Tour
  • Literary Manhattan
  • Liza Donnelly
  • Nat Benchley
  • Natalie Ascencios
  • Ring Lardner
  • Tallulah Bankhead
© 2019 Dorothy Parker Society | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme