Written by Dorothy Parker

Written by Dorothy Parker

3 Episodes

With a wit as dry as the martinis she famously loved, celebrated writer Dorothy Parker was a legend of the Jazz Age New York intelligentsia. Less well remembered is the time she spent in Hollywood as a screenwriter, where she brought her bitingly satirical voice and gift for delightfully dagger-like dialogue to a precious handful of films, including the beloved 1937 version of the ultimate Hollywood-on-Hollywood backstage drama A STAR IS BORN, the breezy comic murder mystery TRADE WINDS, and the elegantly caustic Oscar Wilde adaptation THE FAN.

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Written by Dorothy Parker

3 Episodes

  • The Fan
    1:19:24
    The Fan
    Episode 1

    The Fan

    Episode 1

    Directed by Otto Preminger • 1949 • United States
    Starring Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders

    Oscar Wilde’s classic drawing room comedy LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN comes to the screen with a sparkling script cowritten by another legendary wit, Dorothy Parker, and under the typically sophi...

  • A Star Is Born
    1:51:19
    A Star Is Born
    Episode 2

    A Star Is Born

    Episode 2

    Directed by William A. Wellman • 1937 • United States
    Starring Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou

    The second version (after 1932’s WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD?) of this iconic, oft-filmed showbiz fable remains one of the best thanks to its lavish Technicolor production values and impactful dir...

  • Trade Winds
    1:34:03
    Trade Winds
    Episode 3

    Trade Winds

    Episode 3

    Directed by Tay Garnett • 1938 • United States
    Starring Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy

    Comedy, mystery, and high-seas adventure meet when socialite and wanted murderer Kay Kerrigan (Joan Bennett, in the role for which she famously dyed her blonde hair brunette) flees the country on a...

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