I'm a Fool

I'm a Fool is the title of a short story written by Sherwood Anderson the American short story writer and novelist. The story is narrated in first person point of view and the setting is Ohio where Sherwood Anderson was born.

GE Theater adaption

James Dean, Natalie Wood and Eddie Albert starred in a live TV play hosted by Ronald Reagan.

Movie Adaptation

In 1977, Noel Black made a 38-minute movie based on Anderson's story keeping its title i.e. "I'm a Fool". In this movie, Ron Howard starred as the groom and Amy Irving played the role of the pretty girl Miss Lucy Wessen. According to Answers.com "Previous adaptations of the Anderson story have included a 1954 GE Theatre half-hour starring James Dean. Shown in tandem with a dramatization of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Bernice Bobs Her Hair, the Ron Howard version of I'm a Fool was first telecast April 5, 1977, on PBS' American Short Story series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi".

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