Movie
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.
Drama
Story
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.
Director: Alan Rudolph Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Cast
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dorothy Parker
- Campbell Scott as Robert Benchley
- Matthew Broderick as Charles MacArthur
- Peter Gallagher as Alan Campbell
- Jennifer Beals as Gertrude Benchley
- Andrew McCarthy as Eddie Parker
- Wallace Shawn as Horatio Byrd
- Martha Plimpton as Jane Grant
- Sam Robards as Harold Ross
- Lili Taylor as Edna Ferber
- James Le Gros as Deems Taylor
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Paula Hunt