Dorothy Parker
Senarist · 1893 – 1967 · Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary works published in magazines, such as The New Yorker, and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed when her involvement in left-wing politics resulted in her being placed on the Hollywood blacklist. Dismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a "wisecracker." Nevertheless, both her literary output and reputation for sharp wit have endured. Some of her works have been set to music; adaptations included the operatic song cycle Hate Songs by composer Marcus Paus. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorothy Parker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Film6.9GerilimGizemUçak fabrikasında çalışan Barry Kane, fabrikasını sabote etmek ve bir iş arkadaşının ölümüne yol açmakla suçlanıyor. Aslında, kimsenin şüphelenmeyeceği Amerikalı hayırsever Charles Tobin'in başını çektiği, akıllı bir Nazi casus şebekesi suçu onun üzerine yıkıyor. Kane, gerçek sabotajcının peşinde Los Angeles'tan New York'a tüm ülkeyi katediyor. Tabii ki bu arada polis de onun takip ediyor. Yolda yanına Patricia Martin adında isteksiz bir "yol arkadaşı" da alıyor. Kız önceleri Kane'e tepeden bakıyor ve onu ilk fırsatta yetkililere teslim etmek istiyor ama yavaş yavaş genç adamın masum olduğunu anlıyor.
Film6.5BelgeselTV MovieThe 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.
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987 · 11 votes
Film7.0BelgeselMartin Scorsese’s portrait of writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, celebrated for her sharp wit and observations on modern life. Filmed at New York’s Waverly Inn and intercut with archival footage and interviews, the documentary captures Lebowitz’s distinctive worldview through her spontaneous monologues and public appearances.
Public Speaking
2011 · 64 votes