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The Human Comedy is a 1943 American comedy-drama film directed by Clarence Brown. It began as a screenplay by William Saroyan, who was expected to direct. After Saroyan was removed from the project, he wrote the novel of the same name and published it just before the film was released.
A teenage boy stays at home with his family while his brother fights in WWII. Based on a novel by William Saroyan, the film stars Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan and Marsha Hunt.
- (2.5K)
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Clarence Brown
- 1944-02-14
The Human Comedy is a 1943 novel by William Saroyan. It originated as a 240-page film script written for MGM. Saroyan was planning to produce and direct the film, but he was dropped from the project either because the script was too long or because a short film he directed as a test was not considered acceptable — or both.
- William Saroyan
- 1943
The Human Comedy, a vast series of some 90 novels and novellas by Honoré de Balzac, known in the original French as La Comédie humaine. The books that made up the series were published between 1829 and 1847.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 18, 2011 · The Human Comedy, sentimental novel of life in a small California town by William Saroyan, published in 1943. The narrator of the story, 14-year-old Homer Macauley, lives with his widowed mother, his sister Bess, and his little brother Ulysses; his older brother has left home to fight in World War.
A heartwarming look at family and friendship, "The Human Comedy" is the poignant story of high school student Homer Macauley (Mickey Rooney) and the lives he touches...
- 2 min
- 19.9K
- Warner Bros.
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A novel by William Saroyan about a boy's coming of age during World War II, inspired by Homer's Odyssey. The boy delivers telegrams and learns about the human condition, loneliness, and compassion.
