Rome Harold 1908 (2 results)

Popular and prolific composer/lyricist of stage musicals such as "Wish You Were Here" (1952), "Fanny" (1954) and "I Can Get It for You Wholesale" (1962, with Barbra Streisand in her Broadway debut); the films "Rear Window" and "Anchors Aweigh," among others, feature some of his songs. ALS, 1p, 8½" X 11", n.p., n.d. Addressed to Mr. Bean. Near fine. Light original mailing folds. Writing to an educator and his pupils, Rome remarks cordially: "I save all my words of wisdom for my song, so I'm enclosing under separate cover two songs full of words of wisdom." Bold and attractive, penned in medium black fineline.…

unbound. Inscribed photograph, signed in full -- a 10 x 8-inch black-and-white publicity still of Rome sitting on a piano stool and smoking his trademark cigar. No place, no date, circa 1960. Inscribed: "For the Allens with my best, Harold Rome." The first letter of the word "For" is smudged, but the rest of the inscription and signature is flawless; very good(+) condition. American composer best known for such musicals as" Fanny" and "Call Me Mister.".…