Algonquin Round Table

Round Table Media Page

Audio and video about the Algonquin Round Table

This section of the Web site will contain clips about selected members of the Vicious Circle. These are available for non-commercial usage only. This page uses Flash, and it must be enabled. If you do not see anything after 60 seconds, try refreshing your page.

Clip #1, Robert Benchley: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Based on the short story by James Thurber. Robert Benchley and a full cast perform the radio show from the early 1940s. (22 minutes)

Clip #2, Dorothy Parker & Studs Terkel: In 1959, Dorothy Parker went to Chicago and was interviewed by Studs Terkel. She is no fan of The Beat Generation. (5:30 minutes)

Clip #3, The Round Table: A 2007 video tour of the Algonquin Hotel and the Round Table itself. (3:22 minutes)

Clip #4, Robert Benchley: "That Inferior Feeling" is a classic 1940 Benchley short film for MGM. This has Spanish subtitles. (8:58 minutes)