The Human Comedy

Mickey Roney stars on the screen director's playhouse Waiter yes, sir. I'll have some lamb chops Corn on the cob parts of lettuce salad with thousand island dressing and the bottle of cold paps blue ribbon Yes, sir finest beer sir anywhere from Hollywood Blue Ribbon finest beer sir anywhere proudly present director's playhouse production the human comedy director

Clarence Brown. He would screen directors present a story for the ear and for the heart the human comedy starring Mickey Rooney and introduced by the director of the film Clarence Brown. The making of a motion picture demands a double set of talents from director a keen artistic sense and knowledge of technology. From

Some thirty-five years ago both qualities sparked together in a young engineer who traded his slide rule for a shooting script. Tonight he is our guest dream director, the creator of such sensitive films as Our Wilderness, The Earling, and of course, The Human Comedy.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Clarence Brown. When we filmed The Human Comedy, I was fascinated by the title that William Soroyan had given his story. I rather think he called it a comedy to accentuate the fact that it comes within a hair of being tragic.

And that margin of difference lies the breadth of our human genius for finding happiness in a universe that can be both cruel and sweet. Now, here is the story, the human comedy, starring Mickey Rooney in his original role of Homer McCauley.

Homer McCauley, residents, Ithaca, California, age. Well, I'm growing up now. That's the main thing. Growing up and taking my place in Ithaca. Just like my paw before me. And it's hard to say how it happened. A lot of things went into it. Some of them pretty big. Some of them pretty small. But looking back, it seems