Sublime

It was the summer of 1929 when Tom first discussed with Perkins his relationship with a married woman, the celebrated scenic designer for the Neighborhood Playhouse, Aline Bernstein.

Cast members, unlike writers, were each provided with a car and driver to get to the after-parties—more specifically, with a gigantic black Cadillac Escalade SUV—and I’d arranged to ride along with Henrietta and her wife, Lisa.

She was cast as the understudy to the star, Laura Bell Bundy, in the off-Broadway musical Ruthless!

Her dark, curly hair was done up in a bun.

Allen Campbell and Dorothy Parker were there, recently married after living together during the preceding year, and

Harpers.