Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
New York in the 1920's. The only place to be was the Algonquin, and the only person to know was Dorothy Parker.
Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick
Directed by Alan Rudolph
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Runtime: 125 min.
Rating: 6.4
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama
Keywords: new york city,alcohol,prohibition era,biography,romance,flashback,independent film,writer,theater,1920s
Cast
Dorothy Parker
Robert Benchley
Charles MacArthur
Paula Hunt
Gertrude Benchley
Alan Campbell
Eddie Parker
Horatio Byrd
Jane Grant
Harold Ross
Edna Ferber
Deems Taylor
Robert Sherwood
George S. Kaufman
Mary Kennedy Taylor
Alexander Woollcott
Franklin P. Adams
Heywood Broun
Ruth Hale
Roger Spalding
Marc Connelly
Neysa McMein
Mary Brandon Sherwood
Fred Hunter
Joanie Gerard
Alvan Barach
Will Rogers
Elmer Rice
Cab Driver (1922)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Picnic Guest (uncredited)
Assistant Director