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3 unusual facts about Friars Club


Freddie Roman

The Friars Club changed their 2-term maximum bylaw so he could stay on as its Dean.

Friars Club

Friar's Inn, a 1920s jazz venue in Chicago, called "Friars Club" in some sources

Moses Koenigsberg

For nine years, Koenigsberg also staged the King Features Syndicates Larks, elaborate annual Friars Club dinner parties with a six-hour theatrical involving Broadway luminaries.


Erskine Johnson

Johnson published the remark in his column of 20 October 1949, claiming it came from Marx’s resignation letter to the Friars Club.


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Friars Club of Beverly Hills

However, in 2005 the New York Friars' Club commenced a lawsuit claiming trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, among other claims; in September 2007 the federal district court granted substantial portions of the New York Friars Club's motion for summary judgment, which effectively forced the California club to cease operations under the Friars Club name.