Sherriff, R.C. (Robert Cedric), 1896-1975

British playwright R. C. Sherriff (1896-1975) was also a novelist and scriptwriter for films, television, and radio.

Written in 1928, R.C. Sherriff's best known play, The Journey's End, chronicled the fighting of English troops on the Western Front prior to a major German offensive in 1918, and was considered one of the most influential war dramas of its time.

In 1933, Sherriff co-wrote, a screenplay with Philip Wylie, for H.G. Wells's The Invisible Man . In the following years, Sherriff worked on such screenplays as Goodbye, Mr. Chips, That Hamilton Woman, and The Night My Number Came Up .

"R. C. Sherriff." Contemporary Authors Online (reproduced in Biography In Context). http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ (accessed May 13, 2013).

Motion picture screenwriter and director Walter Reisch, who co-wrote That Hamilton Woman , was born May 23, 1903, in Vienna, Austria.

In 1953, Reisch worked on Titanic, developing many of the characters by researching contemporary newspaper articles. For this work, Reisch was a co-recipient of the Oscar for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay in 1954.

Walter Reisch died on March 28, 1983, in Los Angeles, California.

"Walter Reisch." Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com (accessed May 16, 2013)

From the guide to the That Hamilton Woman : screenplay, 1940, (University of Delaware Library - Special Collections)