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The Human Comedy is a 1943 American black-and-white drama and comedy film directed by Clarence Brown. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was written by William Saroyan and Howard Estabrook. The cast includes Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, and Marsha Hunt. Herbert Stothart composed the score, with Harry Stradling serving as director of photography.
Set in California, the narrative focuses on World War II themes and features keywords such as small town, army, orphan, and telegraph office. Filming took place in Santa Monica. The production team included Conrad A. Nervig as film editor, Cedric Gibbons as production designer, and Irene Lentz as costume designer. The movie has a runtime of approximately 117 to 118 minutes and was released in the United States.
The film received an Academy Award for Best Story and was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director. It holds a rating of 7.0 on IMDb and a vote average of 6.279 on TMDb. The production budget was 1,000,000, generating a revenue of 3,900,000. The original language of the film is English.
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6.3Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Cast
- Mickey Rooney as Homer Macauley
- Frank Morgan as Willie Grogan
- James Craig as Tom Spangler
- Marsha Hunt as Diana Steed
- Fay Bainter as Mrs. Macauley
- Ray Collins as Mr. Macauley
Themes
- small town
- army
- orphan
- telegraph office
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Screenwriter
- Howard Estabrook
- Cast member
- Byron Foulger
- Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- Santa Monica
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 833826
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- Commons category
- The Human Comedy (film)
- publication date
- 1943-01-01
- film editor
- Conrad A. Nervig
- title
- The Human Comedy
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- costume designer
- Irene Lentz
- different from
- The Human Comedy
- review score
- 100%
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