Robert E. Sherwood - biography

“We all come from our own little planets.  That’s why we’re all different.  That’s what makes life interesting.”

“To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool.”

“He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn’t he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts.”

Robert E. Sherwood contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
The Lucky Lady (1926)
Oh What a Nurse! (1926)
The Royal Bed (1931)
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
Reunion in Vienna (1933)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Thunder in the City (1937)
Tovarich (1937)
Idiot’s Delight (1939)
Over the Moon (1939)
’Northwest Passage’ (1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Jupiter’s Darling (1955)
The Preacher’s Wife (1996)