The Ten-Year Lunch 37 years old

The Ten-Year Lunch

The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The New Yorker founder Harold Ross; columnist and social reformer Heywood Broun; critic Alexander Woollcott; and playwrights George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber and Robert Sherwood.

Credits

The Ten-Year Lunch Cast

Name Character
Ruth Gordon She was 91, 88 years old when she died as Herself - Participant
Fred Gwynne He was 61, 66 years old when he died as George S. Kaufman (voice)
Robert E. Sherwood He was 91, 59 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Roberta Maxwell She was 46, now 83 years old as Dorothy Parker (voice)
Marc Connelly He was 97, 90 years old when he died as Himself - Participant
Harpo Marx He was 99, 75 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Margalo Gillmore She was 90, 89 years old when she died as Herself - Participant
Robert Benchley He was 98, 56 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Helen Hayes She was 87, 92 years old when she died as Herself - Participant
Edna Ferber She was 102, 82 years old when she died as Herself (archive footage)
Dorothy Parker She was 94, 73 years old when she died as Herself (archive footage)
Marshall Efron He was 50, 81 years old when he died as Alexander Woollcott (voice)
Nat Benchley as Robert Benchley (voice)
Heywood Hale Broun He was 69, 83 years old when he died as Himself - Host
Alexander Woollcott He was 100, 56 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Cynthia Adler She was 41, now 78 years old as Edna Ferber (voice)

The Ten-Year Lunch Crew

Name Department
Don Lenzer as Director of Photography. Camera
Tom Hurwitz as Director of Photography. He was 41 (now 77) years old Camera
Robert Maier as Sound Recordist. He was 36 (now 73) years old Sound
Donna Marino as Editor. Editing
Vic Losick as Director of Photography. Camera
Aviva Slesin as Director. She was 12 (now 24) years old Directing
Aviva Slesin as Producer. She was 12 (now 24) years old Production
Aviva Slesin as Executive Producer. She was 12 (now 24) years old Production
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The Ten-Year Lunch (37 years)

  • Release day: Monday, September 28, 1987
  • Runtime: 56 minutes