Romaine, FlorenceBiblio.com
Ryerson, Florence, and Colin ClementsBiblio.com
Strange Bedfellows; a comedy in three acts SIGNED with notable provenance
194529671New York/Hollywood/Toronto: Samuel French Inc. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1948 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. a good sound copy with only light shelfwear large library label on front pastedown see Notes; the jacket has a bit of paper loss at the spine ends which has been filled in by internal paper-tape reinforcement as have a diagonal tear and a small narrow chip at the bottom of the front panel and another bit at the top rear flap-fold. B&W photo frontispiece INSCRIBED and SIGNED by co-writer Ryerson on the front endpaper to a fellow writer Alice D.G. Miller: "For Alice / with gratitude / and affection / Florence / November 1948." As blurbed on the front of the jacket the play a battle-of-the-sexes comedy set in 1896 San Francisco about a couple who agree to disagree on an important issue women's suffrage had a successful 7-month run on Broadway 229 performances January-July 1948. In addition to the inscription the material on the facing page the front pastedown fills in the story a bit more: first there is the inscribee's ownership signature her full name at the top of the page and there is also a large illustrated bookplate headed Motion Picture Relief Fund Inc. and stating that "This book has been donated to the Motion Picture Country House by Alice D.G. Miller." Miller 1894-1985 was a prominent movie scenarist during the 1920s with a few more scattered credits in the early talkie years; Ryerson 1892-1965 was more prolific who had dozens of screenwriting credits from the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s including a shared credit on THE WIZARD OF OZ and often wrote in collaboration with Clements her second husband. Their joint output included not only screenplays but also mystery novels and stage plays. Beyond documenting a simple friendship though the two women collaborated on at least one stage play a 1950 comedy called "Little Scandal" a copy of which can also be procured from ReadInk if you are interested and so inclined. It might also be noted that Mr. Clements having died of a heart attack in January 1948 never got to enjoy the Broadway success of this play. Signed by One Author . Samuel French, Inc. hardcover
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