The Road to Rome
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927.
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Hardcover. First edition. Bookplate of actor Roland Young, spine gilt quite rubbed, about very good in good plus dustwrapper with some shallow chipping. Inscribed by the author: "To Roland Young with best wishes and gratitude and affection and why not? Robert Emmet Sherwood. February 1928." A play that was the basis for the 1955 film *Jupiter's Darling* directed by George Sidney and starring Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Marge and Gower Champion, and George Sanders.
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Robert E. Sherwood
birth name: Robert Emit Sherwood
born: 4/4/1896
died: 11/14/1955
Biography
American playwright whose works reflect involvement in human problems, both social and political. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature He was also a speechwriter for Franklin Roosevelt.more