John F. Fitzgerald John F. Fitzgerald John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (February 11, 1863 – October 2, 1950) was an American politician, father of Rose Kennedy and maternal grandfather of President John F. Kennedy. Fitzgerald was a Democratic congressman who went on to win two terms as mayor of Boston, and made several unsuccessful runs for Governor of Massachusetts. He made major improvements to the port, and became a patron of the baseball team now known as the Boston Red Sox. He maintained a high profile in the city, with his theatrical style of campaigning, and his personal charm and charisma that earned
F. Scott Fitzgerald Curious Case of Benjamin Button", was the basis for a 2008 film. "Tender Is the Night" was the subject of the eponymous 1962 film, and made into a television miniseries in 1985. "The Beautiful and Damned" was filmed in 1922 and 2010. "The Great Gatsby" has been the basis for numerous films of the same name, spanning nearly 90 years: 1926, 1949, 1974, 2000, and 2013 adaptations. The standard biographies of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald are Arthur Mizener's "The Far Side of Paradise" (1951, 1965) and Matthew Bruccoli's "Some Sort of Epic Grandeur" (1981). Fitzgerald's letters have also been published