
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