eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7w290 MISTER ROBERTS Pocket Book movie edition paperback book 1955 great cover art by Harvey Kidder! Date Sold 7/13/2018Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Paperback Book (measures 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" [11 x 17 cm]; 189 pages) (Learn More) Mister Roberts, the classic 1955 John Ford & Mervyn LeRoy World War II (WWII) military Naval Navy cargo ship comedy melodrama ("The six-year stage smash on the screen!"; "For pleasure way above and beyond the ordinary - see 'Mister Roberts'"; "Warner Bros happily bring to the screen the happiest play that ever played!"; "The most loved, most laughed-with play of our day-even greater on the screen!"; "Based on the play by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a cargo ship in World War II where the crew never sees action, and the chief cargo officer wants desperately to be transferred to the front lines, but the sadistic captain of the ship refuses to let him do so to further his own ambitions) starring Henry Fonda (in the title role as "the original Mister Roberts"), James Cagney ("as the Captain"), William Powell ("as Doc"), Jack Lemmon (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; "as Ensign Pulver"; in his fourth movie role!), Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond, and Phil Carey. Note that Henry Fonda had a massive hit playing in this role on Broadway, and he agreed to star in this film adaptation, which was also very successful! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Harvey Kidder Important Added Info: Note that this book came out just before the movie version in 1955. It had been a very successful book, and Henry Fonda starred in the stage version of it for several years. The first interior page of this book has a drawing of Henry Fonda and a quote from him saying that he is proud of this book and play, and that he "knows that the motion picture Mister Roberts will also be an outstanding achievement". Also note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades
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