
The Ten-Year Lunch
“The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table”
Overview
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.
Top-billed cast
- CCynthia Adler
- AAverell Harriman
- DDorothy Parker
- HHeywood Hale Broun
- FFred Gwynne
- MMargalo Gillmore
- RRay Owens
- EEdna Ferber
- MMarc Connelly
- RRobert E. Sherwood
Crew
- Director
- Aviva Slesin
- Writers
- Peter Foges, Mary Jo Kaplan
- Producers
- Stephen Samuels, Aviva Slesin
- Production
- American Masters Pictures, Aviva Films, Thirteen
Frequently asked questions
What is The Ten-Year Lunch rated?
The Ten-Year Lunch has an audience rating of 6.5 out of 10 from 10 votes.
Who directed The Ten-Year Lunch?
The Ten-Year Lunch was directed by Aviva Slesin.
When was The Ten-Year Lunch released?
The Ten-Year Lunch was released in 1987.

















