Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker (1994)

6.5/10 • 40 min • Documentary

Overview

Portrait of writer Dorothy Parker, her Algonquin Round Table friends, her writing and her troubled life. Includes interviews, archival footage of Parker reading poetry and scenes from the 1994 film on Parker's life, "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Matthew Broderick.

Cast

Wendy Liebman

Self - Narrator

Matthew Broderick

Self - Commentator

Heywood Hale Broun

Self - Commentator

Brendan Gill

Self - Commentator

Molly Haskell

Self - Commentator

Fran Lebowitz

Self - Commentator

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Self

Alan Rudolph

Self - Commentator

Campbell Scott

Self - Commentator

Gloria Steinem

Self - Commentator

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