Algonquin round table

Wit's End: Days and Nights of the Algonquin Round Table: James R. Gaines:

Painting of the famous Algonquin Round Table from the 1920s, a mural in the dining room of the Algonquin Hotel. Dorothy Parker is wearing the hat, on the left. Robert Benchley is above her. Mathilde, the hotel cat, is seen upside down in Benchley’s pipe smoke.

I was delighted to uncover the names and stories of the other members of the Vicious Circle, women that had fascinating and full lives.

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After reaching the rank of Sergeant during World War I, Alexander Woollcott returned to New York to become a drama critic for the New York Times. Woollcott was a man of large bulk and outsized personality, whose sharp, acerbic wit made him popular with his readers.

One crazy night... three separate centuries.

Blog post at The Passport Lifestyle : The Algonquin Hotel NYC Review We recently spent a long weekend at the Algonquin Hotel in Times Square. There are a ton of places I wan[..]

Jack Jack ” The Enforcer” Whalen a/k/a Jack O’Hara DEAD ON THE FLOOR in Rondelli’s December 1959: Sam LoCigno, center, accompanied by Joseph DeCarlo, second from right, a…

In the early 20th century, one of the brightest lights on America’s theatrical stage and on its cinematic screen was actor, director, writer and producer Alla Nazimova. Few women shined as brightly but now she languishes largely forgotten and neglected. We are an organization which seeks to rectify that, and are dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the artistry of the extraordinary Alla Nazimova.

“Harpo Marx without his blonde wig , New York ✨ 1926”

The Guest List: How Manhattan Defined American Sophisticati...

George S. Kaufman: Once when asked by a press agent, “How do I get my leading lady’s name into your newspaper?” Kaufman replied, “Shoot her.”

The Algonquin Hotel bar 1920s

These books feature people who you would not expect to be detectives, but find themselves in the middle of the crime trying to solve the case. Sleuth it out with these unusual detectives.

Neysa McMein and Noel Coward

Robert Benchley, in full Robert Charles Benchley, (born Sept. 15, 1889, Worcester, Mass., U.S.—died Nov. 21, 1945, New York, N.Y.), American humorist, actor, and drama critic, whose main persona, that of a slightly confused, ineffectual, socially awkward bumbler, served in his essays and short films to gain him the sobriquet “the humorist’s humorist.” The character allowed him to comment brilliantly on the world’s absurdities. A graduate of Harvard University (1912), Benchley held a variety…

Algonquin Wits

Reviewing Julie Satow’s “The Plaza,” Tina Brown dishes on the socialites, tycoons and charlatans who made and lost fortunes and reputations at the storied hotel.

To wind up the magazine’s centennial, V.F. is publishing a unique treasury from its Jazz Age incarnation.