The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table
Brief Synopsis
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A documentary focusing on a group of about a dozen of America's wittiest writers and performers of the 1920s and their renowned daily luncheons at the Hotel Algonquin in New York. What began as a practical joke aimed at one of the group's members became a legendary gathering that has come to symboli
Cast & Crew
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Aviva Slesin
Director
Helen Hayes
Heywood Hale Broun
Narrator
Marc Connelly
W Averell Harriman
Roberta Maxwell
Film Details
Also Known As
American Masters (09/28/87), Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1987
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
A documentary focusing on a group of about a dozen of America's wittiest writers and performers of the 1920s and their renowned daily luncheons at the Hotel Algonquin in New York. What began as a practical joke aimed at one of the group's members became a legendary gathering that has come to symbolize the quintessence of sophisticated wit -- the Algonquin Round Table. Included are interviews, vintage photographs, rare home movies, and music of the era.
Director
Aviva Slesin
Director
Cast
Helen Hayes
Heywood Hale Broun
Narrator
Marc Connelly
W Averell Harriman
Roberta Maxwell
Ruth Gordon
Marshall Efron
Margalo Gilmore
Crew
Peter Foges
Writer
Peter Hoving
Camera Operator
Tom Hurwitz
Camera Operator
Mary Jo Kaplan
Writer
Susan Lacy
Executive Producer
Don Lenzer
Camera Operator
Vic Losick
Camera Operator
Stuart Math
Camera Operator
Donna Miron
Editor
Jerry Pantzer
Camera Operator
Paul Raimondi
Camera Operator
Stephen Samuels
Executive Producer
Aviva Slesin
Executive Producer
Film Details
Also Known As
American Masters (09/28/87), Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1987
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
