Alexander Woollcott

Alexander Woollcott, Harpo Marx, Reinald Werrenrath (1930)

In this privately produced recording from 1930, announcer Alexander Woollcott introduces "The Neysa McMein Memorial Record" ...

Alexander Woollcott was once a very famous critic who wrote for the New Yorker, friend of Dorothy Parker and allegedly the ...

Noah Diamond (I'll Say She Is, Gimme a Thrill) speaks at the Algonquin Hotel on June 26, 2019, as part of the Round Table ...

The Algonquin Round Table set the standard for literary style and wit beyond its ten-year duration. After World War I, Vanity Fair ...

"This is the story just as I heard it the other evening – a ghost story told me as true..."

Broadcast date October 6, 1933 In colonial times, the town crier was the most reliable source of news and information after the ...

Take a video tour of Colts Neck, New Jersey, the birthplace of writer Alexander Woollcott. A founding member of the Algonquin ...

This is an extremely rare film, possibly the only one in existence, which gives us a living glimpse of Pulitzer Prize winning ...

PBS’ “The Great American Read” continues in New York fashion. We’re headed to the Algonquin Hotel to explore the literary ...

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Fred Astaire (1899-1987) Adele Astaire (1896-1981) George Gershwin (1898-1937) The dancing partner who made Fred Astaire ...

"With Croquet for all, and malice towards none." - A. Woollcott. The Woollcott Marshal Gathering, 2014, at the house of Karen, Dan ...

It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways ...

Artist Neysa McMein was famous not only for her paintings of stylish women of the 1920s, but also for the remarkable company ...