Donald Ogden Stewart (1894-1980) an American author and screenwriter, member of the Algonquin Round Table. 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Algonquin Round Table was a group of some of the most brilliant writers of the 1920s and 1930s, though it endured long after that. ...

He was a playwright on Broadway in the 1920s. He was friends with Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and George S. Kaufman. Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Dorothy Parker (also known as Dot or Dottie) was born Dorothy Rothschild in the West End district of Long Branch, New Jersey, on August 22, 1893. ... Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, newspaper columnist, film actor, and drama editor. ... George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was a playwright, director, producer, humorist, and drama critic noted for his many collaborations with other writers and his contributions to 20th century American comedy. ...

Stewart moved to Hollywood in the 1930s to become a sceenwriter. He won an Academy Award for writing The Philadelphia Story. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic screwball comedy starring James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. ...

During the Communist Red Scare of the era, Stewart was blacklisted and banned from the United States. This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...