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The Ten-Year Lunch

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Movies/Shows American Masters
Initial release March 1987
Directors Aviva Slesin
Air dateSeptember 28, 1987
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About The Ten-Year Lunch


Throughout the "Roaring '20s," a flock of the decade's most vibrant writers gathered daily to dine at New York City's Algonquin Hotel. Here the likes of Edna Ferber, Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman and Harpo Marx socialized and philosophized while crafting works that captured the era's high-class ambitions and ultimate decadence. In this Oscar-winning documentary, Aviva Slesin uses the Round Table as a focal point to explore how the Jazz Age shaped these artists' relationships and lives. … MORE

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