It was in June of 1919 that the famed Algonquin Round Table came into being, a group of writers, editors, actors and agents who met regularly for lunch at New York's Algonquin Hotel. The group included George S. Kaufman, playwright and New York Times drama editor, Harpo Marx and, most famously, Doro ... More >>
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Nadar and Warhol, at the Getty
