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

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

40 mins | Jan. 1, 1994

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.

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

40 mins | Jan. 1, 1994

Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker
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.
Producers
Original title Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker
Directors Robert Yuhas
Writers Vickie Karp, Robert Yuhas

Cast

Wendy Liebman

as Narrator

Matthew Broderick

as Commentator

Heywood Hale Broun

as Commentator

Randy Sue Coburn

as Commentator

Brendan Gill

as Commentator

Molly Haskell

as Commentator

Fran Lebowitz

as Commentator

Madeline Lee

as Commentator

Marion Meade

as Commentator

Alan Rudolph

as Commentator

Campbell Scott

as Commentator

Gloria Steinem

as Commentator