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 |
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Ruth Gordon
She was 91, 88 years old when she died
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as Herself - Participant |
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Fred Gwynne
He was 61, 66 years old when he died
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as George S. Kaufman (voice) |
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Robert E. Sherwood
He was 91, 59 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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Roberta Maxwell
She was 46, now 83 years old
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as Dorothy Parker (voice) |
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Marc Connelly
He was 97, 90 years old when he died
|
as Himself - Participant |
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Harpo Marx
He was 99, 75 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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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 |
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Edna Ferber
She was 102, 82 years old when she died
|
as Herself (archive footage) |
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Dorothy Parker
She was 94, 73 years old when she died
|
as Herself (archive footage) |
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Marshall Efron
He was 50, 81 years old when he died
|
as Alexander Woollcott (voice) |
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Nat Benchley
|
as Robert Benchley (voice) |
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Heywood Hale Broun
He was 69, 83 years old when he died
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as Himself - Host |
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Alexander Woollcott
He was 100, 56 years old when he died
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as Himself (archive footage) |
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Cynthia Adler
She was 41, now 78 years old
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as Edna Ferber (voice) |
The Ten-Year Lunch Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Don Lenzer as Director of Photography. |
Camera |
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Tom Hurwitz as Director of Photography. He was 41 (now 77) years old
|
Camera |
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Robert Maier as Sound Recordist. He was 36 (now 73) years old
|
Sound |
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Donna Marino as Editor. |
Editing |
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Vic Losick as Director of Photography. |
Camera |
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Aviva Slesin as Director. She was 12 (now 24) years old
|
Directing |
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Aviva Slesin as Producer. She was 12 (now 24) years old
|
Production |
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Aviva Slesin as Executive Producer. She was 12 (now 24) years old
|
Production |
