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Saroyan Offers a Compelling Story of Hope in The Human Comedy.
In: Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023, S. 3
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Through stories such as “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” (1934) and plays like My Heart’s In The Highlands (pr., pb. 1939) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Time of Your Life (pr., pb. 1939), William Saroyan caught the attention of Arthur Freed , the head of production for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios. In late 1941, Freed lured Saroyan into working at MGM in return for an office and $300 per week for expenses in the hope that Saroyan could produce and direct a story for MGM. Saroyan gave himself a crash course in film technique by watching as many movies as he could. In the process, he learned that film producer Louis B. Mayer’s distinction as a filmmaker was his vision of small-town America—as in the Andy Hardy movies with Mickey Rooney. Saroyan (the son of Armenian immigrants) shared this vision, for he had risen to national prominence in mid-Depression America as a chronicler of human abilities in the face of oppression.
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Saroyan Offers a Compelling Story of Hope in The Human Comedy.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Garebian, Keith |
Zeitschrift: | Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023, S. 3 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
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