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Centennial of Abie’s Irish Rose

Centennial of Abie’s Irish Rose

Posted on May 12, 2022 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Today the New York Times published a very thorough and detailed account of the centennial of Abie’s Irish Rose, a hit show 100 years ago that the Algonquin Round Table by turns roasted and scorned. The article quotes Robert … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Alexander Woollcott, Broadway, Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley
Ruth Hale the Iconoclast

Ruth Hale the Iconoclast

Posted on April 25, 2022April 26, 2022 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

There was no bigger iconoclast sitting at the Algonquin Round Table than Ruth Hale; None of the members had a gloomier end to their life than she did. She is one of the six female Algonquin regulars that are overlooked.… Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Heywood Broun, Jane Grant, Lucy Stone League, Ruth Hale
Heywood Broun on Being Fired in the Spring, Summer, and Winter (Summer is Best)

Heywood Broun on Being Fired in the Spring, Summer, and Winter (Summer is Best)

Posted on March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

This is one of the very last columns that Heywood Broun ever published. Broun ran his own bi-weekly newspaper, Nutmeg (later called Broun’s Nutmeg) in Stamford, Connecticut, where he resided. It was in operation in the late 1930s, and … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Heywood Broun, Newspapers
A Look at Laurence Stallings, Writer

A Look at Laurence Stallings, Writer

Posted on November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Laurence Tucker Stallings is mentioned about three times a year by the pop culture world. Usually it has to do with his screenwriting hits The Big Parade or She Wore A Yellow Ribbon appearing on television. There has only been … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Hollywood, Laurence Stallings, New York World
The Years With Ross by Thurber Gets A Reboot

The Years With Ross by Thurber Gets A Reboot

Posted on July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

James Thurber was not a founding member of The New Yorker, he joined about one year after the first issue rolled off the presses in February 1925. He was hired by cofounder Harold Ross because Thurber had newspaper experience, … Read the rest

Posted in NewsTagged Harold Ross, James Thurber, Jane Grant, New Yorker
I Found Frank Case

I Found Frank Case

Posted on May 5, 2021November 25, 2021 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

I found Frank Case. I wasn’t even looking for him. I was in Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor, Long Island, for the first time. I was actually looking for a Doughboy for our WWI Homecoming 21 project. As I was … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Algonquin Hotel, Cemeteries, Frank Case
Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Death of Robert Benchley

Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Death of Robert Benchley

Posted on November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Seventy-five years ago today, hard-working Robert Charles Benchley died in his hospital room. He was just 56 years old. Benchley, once the country’s premier humorist, had stayed active until the end. In 1933, he began his first radio show, broadcast … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Robert Benchley
5 Things You Don’t Know About Herman J. Mankiewicz

5 Things You Don’t Know About Herman J. Mankiewicz

Posted on October 8, 2020October 9, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The trailer has been released for the new David Fincher-directed film Mank, about Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. The movie will come out in theaters in November and on Netflix in December. Mank is only the second biographical … Read the rest

Posted in NewsTagged Herman Mankiewicz, Netflix, New Yorker, TV
Algonquin Hotel Gut Renovation Moves Bar, Reconfigures Lobby

Algonquin Hotel Gut Renovation Moves Bar, Reconfigures Lobby

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

In the most extensive renovation in many decades, the Algonquin Hotel is underway with a major overhaul that has removed the bar, restaurant, front desk, and ceiling. The Round Table is gone, and so is the perch that Hamlet had … Read the rest

Posted in NewsTagged Algonquin Hotel
1939 Radio Broadcast with Broun, Perelman, Powell, Thurber

1939 Radio Broadcast with Broun, Perelman, Powell, Thurber

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Listen to the voices of some of the most popular New York authors of the 1930s, all with a tie to The New Yorker. The all-star radio cast includes Heywood Broun, S.J. Perelman, Dawn Powell, and James Thurber. The … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Dawn Powell, Heywood Broun, James Thurber, S.J. Perelman

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