ABOUT ROBERT E. SHERWOOD
Playwright and screenwriter who won an Academy Award for his screenplay for the classic 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives.
He fought in World War I and became a film critic upon his return.
He was portrayed by Nick Cassavetes in the film Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.
He is the great-grandnephew of Irish nationalist Robert Emmet .
He became a speechwriter for President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- a job he described in detail in his book Roosevelt and Hopkins.
