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Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin.

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This special collection of rare short films pays homage to the great American satirist Robert Benchley and two other witty literati who shared his company at the Hotel Algonquin's legendary round table and personified the sophisticated literary scene of New York in the 1920's and 1930'...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945, Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943, Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972, Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kino On Video, [1998?]
Series:Hollywood on parade. Paramount comedy shorts 1928-1941.
Subjects:
Algonquin Round Table.
Comedy films > United States.
Short films > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The witness / directed by Leslie Roush ; photographed by William Steiner (1941)
  • The trouble with husbands / directed by Leslie Roush ; photographed by William Steiner (1940)
  • The man's angle / directed by Leslie Roush ; photographed by William Steiner (1942)-- Mr. W's little game / directed by Lynn Shores (1934)
  • The treasurer's report / directed by Thomas Chalmers (1928)
  • Traffic regulations (1929)
  • The sex life of a polyp (1928)
  • Humorous flights / directed by Fred Fleck (1929)
  • Crime control / produced and directed by Leslie Roush ; photographed by William Steiner ; editor, Robert Blauvelt (1941).