The Human Comedy (novel)
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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 e
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The Human Comedy (film)
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The Human Comedy is a 1943 American comedy-drama film directed by Clarence Brown adapted from the novel of the same name by William Saroyan. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film stars Mickey Roon
The Human Comedy (novel)
…1943 Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and became a best-seller a week after its release. Saroyan won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film, The Human Comedy. Homer Macauley is a 14-year-old boy growing up fatherless in the San Joaquin Valley of California during World War II. His oldest brother, Marcus, is…
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