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Life Together

French Filmmaker Adapts Dorothy Parker Story

Posted on October 17, 2016October 17, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

We are pleased to present an interview with French filmmaker Bruno François-Boucher. He is the producer/director of an independent feature film, Life Together, that was filmed in Paris. A component of the movie is an adaptation of the Dorothy Parker short story, “The Sexes.” The movie was shot in English and is currently in international…

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Book Trailer for Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The book trailer for Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923, is up now.

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Edna Ferber

Incredible 1920s Documentary Discovered

Posted on January 15, 2014May 3, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

A new video surfaced recently that’s just sensational to watch for anyone that adores the 1920s and the Algonquin Round Table era. It is called New York in the Twenties, and first aired on American TV in 1961. This has to be one of the best videos of the era. The amount of home movies…

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Make A Video, Win a Copy of Under the Table

Posted on October 23, 2013October 23, 2013 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Do you want to win an autographed copy of Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide from author Kevin Fitzpatrick? Of course you do! I will give away a book to the first three people to make a video of themselves mixing their favorite cocktail, while at the same time reciting their favorite Dorothy…

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Vintage Video Surfaces of Algonquin Hotel

Posted on August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

I recently found a video clip that shows the Algonquin Hotel when it was just three years old. It is in the collection of the U.S. Library of Congress, and was filmed in 1905 from the roof of the old New York Times Building on 42nd Street. I was searching for photos of the Hipprodrome…

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Live Video Chat About Parker’s NYC on March 29

Posted on March 14, 2012March 14, 2012 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The Dorothy Parker Society is pleased to announce that it has been picked to be the first literary society to have a live book talk on Shindig, a new customized video chat space for live events. We will be connected globally via webcam online, and can interact and participate in a live talk about Dorothy…

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Ten Year Lunch Screens with Director at MoMa

Posted on January 29, 2012January 29, 2012 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Every February, The Museum of Modern Art presents Oscar’s Docs, an annual collaboration between the Academy Film Archive and MoMA’s Department of Film Oscar winners in the categories of Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject. This February, they will screen Aviva Slesin’s Academy Award winning documentary, The Ten Year Lunch: The Wit and…

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Jenny Award Winners for Dorothy Parker Video

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

We have a winner and first and second runners-up in our video contest, to ask Dorothy Parker fans to create their own YouTube videos of their favorite Parker pieces. The Jennifer Award (nickname: The Jenny) goes to the video that got the most views between August 1 and Oct. 31, 2011. The top three vote…

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Watch the Video Contest Entries

Posted on October 26, 2011November 1, 2011 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

In August, we included a link to a charming YouTube video by a young Dorothy Parker fan reading a couple of poems. It was very popular, but one former member didn’t like it very much. So this gave us the idea to ask Dorothy Parker fans to create their own YouTube videos of their favorite…

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Ghosts on West 44th Street?

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

I’ve been leading walking tours that start and end in the Algonquin Hotel for about 13 years. Many people have asked me if the hotel is haunted, or if Dorothy Parker’s ghost is ever spotted roaming the hallways. I have to say, I don’t think it is possessed, but there have been several people who…

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