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Thehumancomedy

The Human Comedy.

The Human Comedy is a 1943 film.

Cast[]

Singing roles[]

  • Mickey Rooney - Homer Macauley
  • Frank Morgan - Willie Grogan
  • Donna Reed - Bess Macauley
  • Jackie Jenkins - Ulysses Macauley
  • Dorothy Morris - Mary Arena
  • John Craven - Tobey George
  • Ann Ayars - Mrs. Sandoval
  • Barry Nelson - Fat
  • Don DeFore - Bernard "Texas" Anthony
  • Robert Mitchum - Quentin "Horse" Gilford
  • Ernest Whitman - Black Man on Train

Non-singing roles[]

  • James Craig - Tom Spangler
  • Marsha Hunt - Diana Steed
  • Fay Bainter - Mrs. Macauley
  • Ray Collins - Mr. Macauley
  • Van Johnson - Marcus Macauley

Plot[]

The film is the story of a teenaged Homer Macauley in high school, working part-time as a telegram delivery boy, in the fictional town of Ithaca, California, during World War II. The effects of the war on the "Home Front" over a year in Homer's life are depicted in sentimental scenarios involving himself, his family, friends, and neighbors, and acquaintances encountered. The storyline is directed by a narrator, Homer's deceased father

Musical numbers[]

  • "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" - Black Man on Train
  • "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" (reprise) - Homer and Ulysses
  • "Where the River Shannon Flows" - Tobey
  • "Happy Birthday to You" - Homer and Guests
  • "All the World Will Be Jealous of Me" - Bess and Mary
  • "Rock of Ages" - Willie
  • "Cielito Lindo" - Mrs. Sandoval
  • "The Church in the Wildwood" - Homer and Willie
  • "The Last Round-Up (Git Along, Little Dogie, Git Along)" - Fat, Bernard and Quentin
  • "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" - Tobey and others on a troop train
  • "A Dream" - Bess and Mary
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