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unusual facts about Come Back, Little Sheba



Good Times, Wonderful Times

In 2008 Lionel Rogosin's son Michael Rogosin produced and directed a 24-minute documentary entitled Man's Peril about its making, tracing the fascinating history and politics in a saga as daring and uncompromising as the story behind Come Back, Africa.

Harlem Detective

Three films have been made based on the characters of Coffin Ed and Gravedigger: Cotton Comes to Harlem, Come Back, Charleston Blue and A Rage in Harlem.

Ketti Frings

Her Hollywood movie screenplays include Guest in the House (1944), The File on Thelma Jordon (1950), Come Back, Little Sheba (1952), About Mrs. Leslie (1954), The Shrike (1955), and Foxfire (1955).

NAACP Theatre Award for Best Lead Female – Equity

S. Epatha Merkerson - Come Back, Little Sheba

The Matchmaker

The 1958 film version, adapted by John Michael Hayes and directed by Joseph Anthony, starred Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba) as Dolly, Anthony Perkins (Psycho) as Cornelius, Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) as Irene, Paul Ford (The Music Man) as Vandergelder, and Robert Morse reprising his Broadway role as Barnaby.


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