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S2E9: The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch
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American Masters S2E9: The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch

  • Aired: 1987-09-28
  • Time: 21:00:00
  • Runtime: 90 minutes
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Overview

The period that followed the end of World War I was one of gaiety & optimism, and it sparked a new era of creativity in American culture. Surely one of the most profound — and outrageous — influences on the times was the group of a dozen or so tastemakers who lunched together at New York City's Algonquin Hotel. For more than a decade they met daily and came to be known as the Algonquin Round Table