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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
William Saroyan (story)
Howard Estabrook (writer)
Release Date:
14 February 1944 (Sweden) more
Plot:
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family, while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Did 'Casablanca' deserve to win best picture at the Oscars?
(From Gold Derby. 2 March 2009, 11:11 AM, PST)
User Comments:
This Movie MUST! be restored and released on DVD! I hope the studio sees this. more (34 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mickey Rooney | ... | Homer Macauley |
 | Frank Morgan | ... | Willie Grogan |
| James Craig | ... | Tom Spangler |
| Marsha Hunt | ... | Diana Steed |
| Fay Bainter | ... | Mrs. Macauley |
| Ray Collins | ... | Mr. Macauley - ghost |
 | Van Johnson | ... | Marcus Macauley |
 | Donna Reed | ... | Bess Macauley |
| Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins | ... | Ulysses ('Useless') Macauley |
| Dorothy Morris | ... | Mary - Marcus's girl next door |
 | John Craven | ... | Tobey George |
| Anne Ayars | ... | Mrs. Rose Sandoval |
| Mary Nash | ... | Miss Hicks - history teacher |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Mr. Charles Steed |
| Katharine Alexander | ... | Mrs. Steed |
Additional Details
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Runtime:
118 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #8987) | Australia:PG | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Clarence Brown Ranch - Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA
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Writer William Saroyan wanted desperately to direct the film despite having no experience in directing. Louis B. Mayer told Saroyan that he would consider the request and assigned the writer to direct a one reel short. The short film was a disappointment and studio stalwart Clarence Brown was promptly assigned. Saroyan was so bitter about the experience he wrote a play about Mayer soon after titled "Get Away Old Man". more
Quotes:
Mr. Macauley: I am Matthew Macauley. I have been dead for two years. So much of me is still living that I know now the end is only the beginning. As I look down on my homeland of Ithaca, California, with its cactus, vineyards and orchards, I see that so much of me is still living there - in the places I've been, in the fields and streets and church and most of all in my home, where my hopes, my dreams, my ambitions still live in the daily life of my loved ones. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "MGM: When the Lion Roars" (1992) more
Soundtrack:
All the World Will Be Jealous of Me more
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This Movie Must be restored and released on DVD. I hope the studio monitors these sites. This film is a snapshot of the mindset and moral ideals that American society agreed upon during the period of the 1940's. As such, it is history. Many today scoff at these ideals. Personally, I think they are to be sought after. This is a wonderful, uplifting movie. Everyone should see it.