HUMAN COMEDY, THE (1943)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Great Production

A heartwarming look and family and friendship, The Human Comedy is the poignant story of high school student Homer Macauley (Mickey Rooney) and the lives he touches while delivering telegrams throughout his small California town during the troubling years of World War II. Based on an original story by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright William Saroyan (which he would later adapt into a best-selling novel) the film received four Oscar® nominations – Best Picture, Director, Actor (Rooney), and Cinematography – and won for Best Story. Reportedly the favorite film of M-G-M studio chief Louis B. Mayer, The Human Comedy is both moving and timeless, a masterful celebration of the American way of life.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE BEST PRESERVATION ELEMENTS
• SCREEN GUILD THEATER radio broadcast with Mickey Rooney and Frank Morgan 7/12/1943
• SCREEN DIRECTOR'S PLAYHOUSE radio broadcast with Mickey Rooney and Clarence Brown 9/9/1949
• Classic MGM cartoon BLITZ WOLF
• MGM short DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT
• Original theatrical trailer
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature