Sunrise at Campobello (play)
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Sunrise at Campobello is a 1958 play by American producer and writer Dore Schary based on U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's struggle with polio. The film version was released in 1960.
The Roosevelt family at Campobello (1920)
FDR nominating Al Smith at the 1924 Democratic National Convention (June 26, 1924)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the president of the United States from 1933 to 1945, began experiencing symptoms of a paralytic illness in 1921 when he was 39 years old. His main symptoms were fevers;
Sunrise at Campobello (play)
…role of Sara Delano Roosevelt, FDR's mother, is played by Ann Shoemaker, who succeeded Anne Seymour in the role in the original Broadway production. Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralytic illness 1958 Tony Award for Best Play…
Rare photograph of Roosevelt in a wheelchair, with Ruthie Bie and Fala (1941)
Roosevelt supporting himself on crutches at Springwood in Hyde Park, New York, with visitors including Al Smith (1924)
Franklin (showing leg brace) and Eleanor at Hyde Park (1927)