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

40m
Documentary
5

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
Randy Sue Coburn
Self - Commentator
Brendan Gill
Self - Commentator
Molly Haskell
Self - Commentator
Fran Lebowitz
Self - Commentator
Madeline Lee
Self - Commentator
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Self
Marion Meade
Self - Commentator
Alan Rudolph
Self - Commentator
Campbell Scott
Self - Commentator
Gloria Steinem
Self - Commentator

Crew

Robert Yuhas
Director, Writer, Editor
Vickie Karp
Writer, Associate Producer
John Peterson
Editor
Lindsay Root
Editor
Bill Gerstenmaier
Cinematography
Jeff Hodges
Cinematography

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