thanks a million is a 1935 musical film produced and released by 20th century fox and directed by roy del ruth .

it stars dick powell , ann dvorak and fred allen , and features patsy kelly , david rubinoff and paul whiteman and his band with singer/pianist ramona .

the script by nunnally johnson was based on a story by producer darryl f. zanuck ( writing as melville crossman ) and contained uncredited additional dialogue by fred allen , james gow , edmund gross and harry tugend .

thanks a million was nominated for the academy award for sound ( e. h. hansen ) in 1935 .

it was remade in 1946 as if i 'm lucky , with perry como and phil silvers in the powell and allen roles .

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thanks a million <EOT> " i ' ve done what you asked . " " thanks a million ! "

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a song plugger is stranded in a small town . there he meets a girl who later helps him to put on a show on broadway .

film distributor cj entertainment revealed that the achievement was met around 9 : 30 a . m . kst . the film created a new record with reaching 970 , 000 viewers on its opening night and went on to reach 1 million by the second day , 2 million by the third day , 3 million by the fourth day , and 4 million by the fifth day of release .

that meant that from april the sovereign grant shot up from £42 . 8 million to £76 . 1 million . her further increase to £82 . 2 million next year is thanks to strong crown estate profits from offshore wind farms , commercial property rents in central london , buying and selling property , and shopping centre developments across the country .

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with louie ocampo as musical director and calvin neria as director , a million thanks turned out to be a tribute to pilita’s illustrious career as a song artist . it touched base with her various achievements as café society performer , lover , her days on the tv show your evening with pilita , hernando’s hideaway with the 80 - something nicky and angie of the wing duo , her spanish beginnings with historia de un amor , her breakthrough hit a million thanks to you and her hit - making streak with original filipino songs like saan ka man naroroon .

following the death of selena ' s father , she ' s offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins .

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despite that though , everybody was glad they showed up because served up by the mare foundation and viva live was a satisfying combination of elegant surroundings , delicious food and beautiful music that made the nightmare trip worth it . the occasion was a million thanks , the duet concert starring asia’s queen of song pilita .

next week sees the release of now that’s what i call a million , a poptastic compilation of 61 of the 152 singles that have sold a million or more copies in the uk . but how well do you know these mega - selling masterpieces ? try our quiz – with apologies to djs smashie and nicey … – to find out .

nunnally johnson was an illustrious writer - producer ( and sometimes director ) with a long career at 20th century fox . now available on demand from fox cinema archives , thanks a million features a johnson script that ' s still funny , well - constructed , sensibly motivated , and topical . director roy del ruth is in his element at putting this kind of zesty entertainment over .

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we ' re proud to be donating £1 million worth of laser eye surgery to nhs and emergency service workers .

7 not all pop duos are much cop – yet still they sell by the actual ton . so which pair of pants popsters , who’ve all hit the million mark at least once , have enjoyed two million - sellers ?

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2 the beatles , those mop - topped popsters from liverpool , sold a million copies or more of six toe - tappin’ tunes . but which was their biggest hit of all ?

the 91 - year - old monarch will receive the cash boost thanks to an 8 . 1 per cent increase in profits to £328 . 8 million at the crown estate , a property company nominally owned by the sovereign even though its surpluses have been paid to the treasury since 1760 in return for the government paying the costs of state .

actress , tv host and “phenomenal star” maine mendoza gave fans a teaser of her upcoming single as a newly signed . . .

at last — kenyan artists , not the chinese , to represent kenya at venice this year with up to $ 1 million set aside for the exhibition in a classic palazzo and a further $ 500 , 000 earmarked to organise future biennale shows . photos | courtesy

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the government is apparently willing to spend a further $ 500 , 000 on its biennale secretariat with a staff of four , based probably at the national museums of kenya , bringing to $ 1 . 5 million the planned state investment in venice biennales for kenyan art and artists .

news of her fresh increase comes on the day that palace officials released their annual accounts showing that to pay the bills in the year ending march 31 2017 , the queen supplemented her £42 . 8 million grant with a further £14 . 9 million generated from renting out properties on royal estates and other fees for holding functions and letting tourists into royal residences .

a million thanks was inspired by pilita’s recently released duets album . it features her singing popular filipino songs with some of today’s biggest names . the mare foundation thought it would make a good fundraising event for its charity work that includes medical aid to the needy , most notably for the free dialysis centers in manila . and they thought right . the fiesta pavillion , grand as ever , was full and pilita , gorgeous in gowns by pepsi herrera and fanny serrano and her guests gave inspired performances .

he confirmed that the total budget for this year’s pavilion was around $ 1 million , which includes hiring the space , insurance , freight and travel costs .

work to renovate other royal residences continues and the royal accounts reveal £1 . 2 million was spent last year replacing the doors of windsor castle ' s orangery .

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1938 : a young man arrives in hitler ' s germany , frantically seeking information about his german mother , and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp .

“the battleship island” is the fastest film to reach 5 million tickets sold in korea this year . the movie reached this benchmark three days faster than the previous record holder “spider - man : homecoming . ” in addition , the film has broken director ryu seung wan’s records with his previous 5 million view records for hit films “veteran” and “assassination . ”

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after reaching 1 . 000 . 000 facebook fans i decided to create this special track to give away as a way of saying thank you for the continuous support the past years . it ' s been an incredible ride and i want to say thanks a million to all of you for always being there for me . thanks for showing love for my music and for criticizing it as well . this keeps both my feet firmly on the ground and inspires me to become better and to make more music . i hope to see you around the world very soon - jobke download the track here : urltoken get your tickets for ' jay hardway & friends ' during ade 2017 here : urltoken video by : bjorn van den heuvel | urltoken follow me here : urltoken urltoken urltoken urltoken urltoken snapchat : jayhardway

what a novel idea , have a talented group of entertainers be the opening number in political campaign rallies for a candidate to office . which is what ned lyman discovers , as he and his troupe appear in a small auditorium where a political speech is to be given later on at the same theater by the candidate for governor of the state , judge culliman . mixing theater people with politicians will appeal to voters , or so ned thinks . the judge in his run for governor of the state hasn ' t elicited much sympathy . add to that a drinking problem and ned sees a great opportunity . ned lyman is a resourceful man that sees an angle in which keep the company he has assembled together and precede the aspiring candidate ' s spiel to the crowd . since judge culliman can ' t get it together , ned appeals to his star crooner , eric land , to read the speech to the audience . the singer becomes a hit and what ' s more , the political machinery behind the campaign see in him a person that can be manipulated . are they in for a surprise ! " thanks a million " is a delightful comedy with music directed by roy del ruth . dick powell , who appears as eric land at the height of his singing career is the best thing in the movie . equally effective is mel allen , the radio personality in a rare screen appearances . ann dvorak is seen as eric ' s love interest , and patsy kelly is a singer with the company and ned ' s girl . the film is entertaining as well as has an important message as the end when eric land unmask all the people that thought they could use him for their own personal gain .

a small - town farmer , down on her luck , finds her homestead invaded by a theatrical troupe invited to stay by her ne ' er - do - well sister .

after nina leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband ' s family , she has a love child with a handsome doctor and lets her husband believes the child is his .

kyalo we know as a thoughtful and prescient painter whose non - figurative canvases provoke and delight , while soi , with his considerable international reputation , is a happy if ironic choice .

regine velasquez said enough as she posted a series of tweets against what the president said .

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ update - january 28 , 2010 : * at last i had the pleasure to hear ms . pilita corrales sing in person , not in a concert but in a more intimate ambiance . she sings every tuesday and thursday evenings at tangerine restaurant in greenhills , at the end of ortigas avenue . * she is a very amiable person , with pleasant demeanor . my request for a photo together with her was just a start . we ended up having a long conversation into the evening . she even granted my request for her to sing this very song , " a million thanks to you . " ( i posted the video of her live rendition on feb . 11 , 2010 . ) . * * * * * * * * * * some tip : if you intend to go there . make a reservation ( 725 - 2811 or 215 - 4053 ) for a table near the stage at 8 : 15pm or so . there ' s live piano music , but her performance starts at 9 : 00pm . dress casual but presentable . be on time . the restaurant entrance is across the parking lot from unimart supermarket . ( i had difficulty finding it , that ' s why i ' m writing this tip . ) oh yeah , the wagyuu beef ( with peppercorn ) is excellent - - comparable to that of seattle ' s metropolitan steakhouse . january 28 , 2010 was an evening to remember . thank you , pilita . ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ song : a million thanks to you singer : pilita corrales composer : alice doria - gamilla lyrics : luis m . trinidad this is the signature song of pilita corrales . ( being re - uploaded , with better audio . ) ♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫ ♥♫ update : october 13 , 2009 . this composition is credited to alice doria - gamilla . [ i have been searching for the credits to this music . thanks to her child ( jcdg1996 ) for this info . ] - enjoy ! -

the queen ' s taxpayer - funded income is to rise by 8 . 1 per cent to £82 . 2 million in april next year - mainly to help repair crumbling buckingham palace .

bob barnard and john sheridan met in a toronto studio to create this little masterpiece . it ' s a cornet / piano duo in the traditional vein , played with a freshness that brings the old music to life again . both musicians are a joy to hear and must have had a great time making this one . every tune has its bright moments and little unexpected turns . no weak moments at all . this is an exceptional recording . recommended to all .

16 we are at the dawn of a millennium that will , quite literally , a thousand years . but can you name the best - selling record of the entire millennium to date ?

answers 1 ( c ) ; 2 . ( a ) ; 3 . ( a ) ; 4 . ( b ) ; 5 . ( a ) rihanna has had four million - selling hits as a solo or featured artist , adele has had two , but madonna has never even had one ; 6 . ( c ) ; 7 . ( a ) ; 8 . ( b ) ; 9 . ( c ) ; 10 . ( b ) ; 11 . ( c ) ; 12 . ( b ) , ( c ) , ( a ) ; 13 : ( b ) ; 14 : ( a , iii ) , ( b , i ) , ( c , ii ) ; 15 . ( a , ii ) , ( b , i ) , ( c , iii ) ; 16 . ( c ) ; 17 . ( d ) , with another brick in the wall , part 2 ; 18 : ( c ) ( the young ones ) ; 19 . ( b ) ; 20 . ( a )

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it ' s a testament to zevin ' s understanding of multiple age groups that she ' s able to capture a variety of women at various life stages . her portrayals feel honest and true .

las vegas - based international matchmaker sean gibbons is convinced manny pacquiao will dethrone wba welterweight champion lucas matthysse of argentina in kuala lumpur on july 15 either by a clear decision or a late stoppage .

movie star changes places with a king who looks exactly like him , causing complications for all concerned .

the queen’s income will hit £82 . 2million next year , a rise of 8 . 1 per cent

lee mcintyre ' s ' post - truth ' is a history lesson and a call to action asking liberals to defend the concept of objective truth . but is it the best approach to the problem ?

nan reynolds encourages her copywriter husband bill to open his own agency . nearly out of business , he finally gets a client . former girlfriend patricia berkeley writes a very successful . . . see full summary »

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it features a rare good film role for radio star fred allen ( given a special billing with his portrait ) as a cynical motormouth who manages a down - and - out jazz band . he finagles their way into supporting a gubernatorial candidate ( raymond walburn ) , an amusingly stereotypical drunken blowhard . the " jazz campaign " takes off with a public more alert to entertainment than issues . through a funny , entirely credible set of circumstances , the band ' s charming crooner ( dick powell ) becomes so popular that he ends up replacing the candidate . the clever twist is that he assumes he won ' t win , but it ' ll be great publicity for his career . then the story becomes a painless , predictable , well - done battle for his soul ( and his girlfriend , ann dvorak ) against the political machine , all wrapped up in 90 minutes .

on august 2 , a photo of actors hwang jung min , so ji sub , song joong ki , lee jung hyun , and kim soo ahn happily holding up a message thanking viewers for the milestone was released .

12 in 2013 , pharrell williams – the one with the wacky scout - master hat – became the only super - talented songster to have appeared on ( and , in his case , co - written ) three million - selling singles released in a single calendar year . can you place them in order of sales , biggest first ?

for as of now , preparations for a pavilion full of kenyan art by kenyan artists are in full swing .

" joint declaration of peace and friendship " agreement to spell an end to a years - long cold war .

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in march this year , mps agreed to a government request to allow the grant paid to the queen to be calculated at the equivalent of 25 per cent of the crown estate ' s profits instead of the previous 15 per cent because of the need to find £369 million over the next 10 years to pay for repairs to buckingham palace .

4 one million - selling melody is , totally officially , the greatest song of all time because it has sold 1m copies on three separate occasions , performed by new artists each time . go on , popstrels , name it !

underworld king lee lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner , several people could have been the murderer . there is his mistress anya roysen , a married woman , who was jealous of his . . . see full summary »

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australian folk duo luluc follows their breakout album passerby with a more ambitious sound that inspires reverence and awe on sculptor .

an unexpected collaboration between joseph arthur and peter buck produces a great summer record of noisy , dark garage - pop .

near the end of ww ii , a member of the german underground ( martin richter ) escapes from the gestapo and takes shelter at hotel berlin , where he meets lisa dorn , a sleek actress involved . . . see full summary »

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entertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show . one of them ( powell ) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate ( walburn ) and is chosen to be . . . see full summary »

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the prescotts enabled this first - time display of 11 historic concord - made treasures . this display was just a first glimpse of a future home in which to celebrate all we have been and all we can be . the city’s 250th anniversary last year beamed a spotlight on our past . we woke up to the harsh lesson we learned on storrs street , and we know now that we cannot let any other part of our history fade away . the abbott - downing historical society welcomes all concord history buffs to join our efforts to preserve the memories , monuments , and mementos which make concord a unique community and mark it as a special place .

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since april that cost has risen to £1 . 16 per person and next year , that figure will increase to £1 . 25 for each of the uk ' s 65 . 6 million population , although it is only one of several sources of funding for the royal family . the anti - monarchy group republic estimated yesterday that the true cost of the royal family is £345 million , including security , the bill for local councils arranging royal visits , and other income from the monarchy ' s landed estates which woud be otherwise owned by the state .

entertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show . one of them ( powell ) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate ( walburn ) and is chosen to be the candidate by backers he later exposes as crooks .

patsy kelly ' s around to toss out some hardbitten one - liners , such as when a local man tells her this town is the county seat and she says , " it looks like it . " it ' s also a musical , so powell knocks out several songs , and there are appearances by paul whiteman ' s band and the novelty - singing yacht club boys . in the end , it ' s a hip example of " capra - corn " ( without capra ) and a tale that could easily be told today .

a fast - paced , funny musical satire on politics stars powell as the lead in a group of traveling singers and introduces the now - classic song " happy days are here again . " allen , as powell ' s wiley manager , makes a successful transition here from radio to movies but , sadly , never fully exploited it later on . the story has allen pushing powell into becoming . . . read more

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and not only that , they have decided there should be a full - time secretariat set up to organise kenya pavilions at all future biennales .

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13 not a lot of people know this , but the four members of the beatles continued to shift millions of their 7” - sensations as solo artists , or members of new groups that were enjoyed by a plethora of new pop - pickers . but who had the biggest post - beatles hi t ?

meanwhile , “the battleship island” is a fictional story based on historical accounts of japan’s occupation of korea when countless koreans were forcibly drafted into the japanese army .

it will mean the cost of the sovereign grant , which supports the head of state and the occupied royal palaces , will have almost trebled in six years since it was first established at £31 million in 2012 - 13 when it replaced the civil list and payments from government departments to cover travel and property maintenance .

like many of the best comedies and tragedies , this weimar - era silent film understands how each mode is often a hair ' s breadth from the other .

and in a huge coup for kenya , the pavilion is strategically close to the palazzo delle zattere , which will be one of the major attractions for visitors to venice with a show of key works by leading soviet sculptors and painters from the 1920s and 1930s , including alexander rodchenko , amassed by the russian gas billionaire leonid mikhelson .

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jean - michel blais manages to transform simple motifs into weightless complex structures into ( as paul simon noted in a different context ) " angels in the architecture " .

washington ' s album son of pain is a lost treasure of r & b ; an album rich in bluesy southern drawls , honeyed harmonies and street - smart rhythms .

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sir alan reid , the keeper of the privy purse , said : " in 2016 - 17 the sovereign grant equated to a cost of 65p per person in the united kingdom - the price of a first class stamp . when you consider that against what the queen does and represents for this country , i believe it represents excellent value for money . ”

18 no one has enjoyed a longer , more chart - topperific career in pop than the evergreen sir cliff richard . but which one of these fact - tastic statements is true ?

the venue for the pavilion will be the decadent splendour of the palazzo clary , a late renaissance building once the home of the prince clary - und - aldringen , facing the giudecca canal .

concord is an amazing community . last december , the community stepped up to make sure that those who needed a safe and warm place to stay during the winter months were taken care of .

3 one of the top 20 super - sellers of all time was , quite unbelievably , never a chart - topper . so which of these number two hits still managed to shift 1 . 45m copies ?

the theme of the pavilion , another country , is taken from the title of james baldwin’s 1961 novel that demands explanations from a society that insists there is no hope for the present and little for the future .

someone has finally got round to the idea that the kenya pavilion at the venice biennale should contain work by kenyan artists ; maybe even be curated by a kenyan , hung by kenyans and organised by kenyans as well .

onditi examines a world on the brink of chaos through the prism of delicately coloured mixed media that utilises film , prints , inks and oil paint , worked in layers on polymer sheets to produce densely allegorical and dynamic works .

prince philip , 96 , is to retire from public duties after the summer and so the year to march 31 was the final time he undertook a full 12 - month period of official events , clocking up 196 engagements .

singer eric land ( dick powell ) and the dancers and orchestra he travels with are stuck for work - - until their manager , ned ( fred allen ) , has the band play before a speech given by a dull gubernatorial candidate . when eric ' s singing impresses the crowds , ned convinces the politician to have the group perform before each event . soon the crowd demands that eric run for office , and despite the uncertainly of his girlfriend , sally ( ann dvorak ) , eric agrees when he finds out he can be on the radio .

this is very nice two - cornet interplay with one of the best us cornetist , jim cullum , and a fine australian horn man , bob bernard . an excellent example of top quality traditional jazz combo . out of print and hard to find . used cds are available .

1 the number one best - selling single of all time in the uk – and second highest worldwide – is elton john’s 1997 hit , something about the way you look tonight . let’s be honest , music - lovers , it’s not sir elton’s finest song – so what made it such a humungous smash ?

mwangi hutter have worked side by side since 2005 on numerous projects as a merged artistic entity . to quote from one project briefing , the couple utilise video , sound , photography , installation , sculpture , painting and performance , “to reflect on changing societal realities , creating an aesthetics of self - knowledge and interrelationship . ”

check out pilita’s duets , which is now available in music stores . it also includes kahit maputi na ang buhok ko with sharon cuneta and ipagpatawad mo with vic sotto . now also available on reissue is a three - disc set made up of some of her hit recordings of filipino classics like minamahal , sinasamba ; paano kita lilimutin , puto’t kutsinta , bughaw na buhangin , o maliwanag na buwan and others .

nearly everyone at the fiesta pavillion last thursday evening were of one mind that the vehicle traffic going to the manila hotel was horrible . as a result , the well - heeled guests had to hurry through the excellent seabass and steak dinner and baked alaska dessert . days later , i still feel it would have been great to have been able to savor every bite . but then pilita corrales and her guests were waiting .

two numbers proved to be the most memorable though . one is pilita’s touching duet of ugoy ng duyan with her daughter jackie lou blanco . the ladies truly moved the audience and reminded us of what a singer jackie lou might have been if she had not concentrated on being an actress . the other one was certainly the piece de resistance of the whole event . this was pilita’s duet of his song kahit na magtiis with president mayor joseph estrada . his full baritone never sounded better .

the abbot - downing historical society sends great appreciation to johnny prescott & son oil for welcoming more than 1 , 000 neighbors to its annual open house june 11 , sharing their magnificent collection of concord memorabilia and hosting the largest display – ever – of concord’s own abbot - downing vehicles . . . plus serving lunch to all . what a treat ! we are grateful to the city of concord and all the lovers of local history who chipped in last year to raise $ 175 , 000 to purchase seven abbot - downing vehicles .

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music ( scoring ) - warner bros . - first national studio music department , leo forbstein , head of department ( score by erich wolfgang korngold )

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writing ( screenplay ) - screenplay by waldemar young , john l . balderston , achmed abdullah ; adaptation by grover jones , william slavens mcnutt

music ( scoring ) - metro - goldwyn - mayer studio music department , nat w . finston , head of department ( score by herbert stothart )

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the daring young man <EOT> the daring young man ( 1942 ) directed by frank r . strayer • film + cast • letterboxd

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that , for openers , from the original preface to the daring young man on the flying trapeze , published in 1934 . if you’ve never read it , or don’t own it , i recommend the edition published in l964 : after 30 years : the daring young man on the flying trapeze , which contains the original preface ( 4 pages ) plus the new one he wrote specifically for the 30th anniversary edition ( 129 pages ) .

it was much the same at the other agency , except that he was questioned by a conceited young man who closely resembled a pig .

there are several contexts in which one can read " the daring young man on the flying trapeze . " published and set in 1934 , william saroyan ' s story about the great depression dramatizes the plight of a sensitive young man who starves to death because he cannot find work . as saroyan ' s first successful story , " the daring young man " holds a prominent place within the author ' s literary corpus : it announces the basic affirmation of life or " being " that recurs throughout his writings . in this story as in others the specter of death serves to stimulate the protagonist ' s awareness of life ; its proximity leaves this young man " thoroughly awake , " " lithe and alert , " and hypersensitive to details as mundane as the smell of " a cut melon " or the feel of a smooth , polished penny .

i carried his first collection of short stories , the daring young man on the flying trapeze , all through europe on my first odyssey of “writer in search of himself . ” a very young , unpublished writer , unsure of himself , who knew paris , was one of those rites of passage all writers had to make . a place to begin .

in the second part , “wakefulness , ” the writer makes his rounds of the city looking for bread and work , his physical action alternating with his bitter attitude toward a society that offers him humiliation rather than life . in his room at the end , the writer withdraws into his mind , flying out of his body as easily and as gracefully as the daring young man on the flying trapeze .

another context in which to read " the daring young man " is the one saroyan provided when he positioned it in a collection of stories by the same title . like " seventy thousand assyrians , " " aspirin is a member of the nra , " " common prayer , " and others , " the daring young man " has for its main character a writer and as a central aspect of its plot the problem of how to write when neither the inner self nor the external environment will cooperate . the letter - writing protagonist of another story from the collection , " a cold day , " summarizes the predicament in a most straightforward manner when he writes : " that ' s the fix i ' m in : waiting to write and not being able to . "

the shot in the refrigerator was achieved by removing the back of the fridge .

so while the bus chugs along , a band suddenly forms in the back—complete with fiddle , guitar , and vocalist—and , apropos nothing , starts playing the decades - old standard “the daring young man on the flying trapeze . ” soon the whole bus joins in on the chorus , and individual passengers stand up to sing the verses alone . out of nowhere , a form of communal vaudeville springs up , a show - within - a - show that gable and colbert watch with delight .

then swiftly , neatly , with the grace of the young man on the trapeze , he was gone from his body . for an eternal moment he was all things at once : the bird , the fish , the rodent , the reptile , and man . an ocean of print undulated endlessly and darkly before him . the city burned . the herded crowd rioted . the earth circled away , and knowing that he did so , he turned his lost face to the empty sky and became dreamless , unalive , perfect .

a timeless selection of brilliant short stories that won william saroyan a position among the foremost , most widely popular writers of america when it first appeared in 1934 . with the greatest of ease william saroyan flew across the literary skies in 1934 with the publication of the daring young man on the flying trapeze and other stories . one of the first american writers to describe the immigrant experience in the u . s . , saroyan created characters who were armenians , jews , chinese , poles , africans , and the irish . the title story touchingly portrays the thoughts of a very young writer , dying of starvation . all of the tales were written during the great depression and reflect , through pathos and humor , the mood of the nation in one of its greatest times of want .

a man ( adam lefevre ) wrestles with a midlife crises , bringing about humorous imaginations and deep realizations .

i read the preface , " the daring young man on the flying trapeze , " " 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 " , " love , death , sacrifice , and so forth , " and " seventy thousand assyrians . " i want to read more because i found him a very different author . he explains some of his ideas about writing in the preface , which helped me understand and put in context the stories i read .

he walked into the day as alertly as might be , making a definite noise with his heels , perceiving with his eyes the superficial truth of streets and structures , the trivial truth of reality . helplessly his mind sang , he flies through the air with the greatest of ease , the daring young man on the flying trapeze , then laughed with all the might of his being . it was really a splendid morning : gray , cold , and cheerless , a morning for inward vigor ; ah , edgar guest , he said , how i long for your music .

the fact that the young ( elder ) saroyan can talk about the universal " man " as much as he does and still have me totally enamored is proof of how amazing these stories are . short , sparse , and endless . think early beckett meets the great depression in socal . that is , if you dare .

i already like william saroyan before i read " the daring young man . . . " and now i ' m even more impressed . these stories are funny , sad , odd , and refreshingly singular . saroyan keeps reminding us that he is there , the author himself , pounding out a string of words on his manual typewriter before he has to hawk it again or his fingers freeze . and we still manage to laugh with him .

the daring young man is hotshot - reporter don mclane , played by james dunn . always on the prowl for a good story , mclane is persistently outscooped by his rival , sob sister martha allen ( mae clarke ) . after several reels of double - crossing one another , hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love . but as martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown , mclane is off on another crusade , this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system .

hamalian , leo , ed . william saroyan : the man and writer remembered . rutherford , n . j . : fairleigh dickinson university press , 1987 .

most critics writing about the young visiters in 1919 emphasized its comic value—it was , as the new york times reported in two different articles from august 1919 , “one of the most humorous books in literature , ” or even “quite the most humorous thing that ever found its way into print . ” these evaluations were not necessarily a credit to the savvy of the book’s young author , but rather the opposite ; the book’s humor was a product of her guilelessness .

from columbia years 1922 - 1940 " the daring young man on the flying trapeze " , originally published under the title " the flying trapeze " and also known as " the man on the flying trapeze " , is a very well known 19th century popular song about a flying trapeze circus performer , jules léotard . the song was first published in 1867 , with words written by the british lyricist and singer , george leybourne , with music by gaston lyle , and arranged by alfred lee . the lyrics were based on the phenomenal success of trapeze artist jules léotard . the 3 / 4 time tune may have been based on jacques offenbach ' s le papillon , act 2 , scene 1 . eddie cantor ( january 31 , 1892 - - october 10 , 1964 ) was an american " illustrated song " performer , comedian , dancer , singer , actor and songwriter .

why can ' t so many of saroyan ' s writers in this collection write ? ostensibly the main character of " a cold day " cannot write " because of the cold . " but as that story and its 1930s context implies , the real reason he is unable to write is that he earns too little to heat his small room . a similar but much more grave situation confronts the daring young man of the title story , who will starve because he writes " prose " for a world that values only " good penmanship " and the ability to " use a typewriter . " in the social worlds represented by the stories in this collection there is no place for the writer or the perspective on social reality that he articulates .

this situation is both unfortunate and ironic because saroyan ' s writers are not necessarily social critics . " let this be your purpose , " the protagonist of " a cold day " advises himself and his reader ; " to suggest this great country . " in " the daring young man " a similar conviction , which saroyan represents most clearly through the protagonist ' s fascination with a penny he finds in the street , deepens the irony to the point of tragic loss . as saroyan ' s young writer polishes the penny he ruminates over the collection of sacred phrases that decorate its surface : " e pluribus unum one cent united states of america … in god we trust liberty . " during this delirious reading we realize the full dimensions of his problem : he is a writer who will starve to death in a society that defines its primary values in writing .

“the daring young man on the flying trapeze” brought instant fame to saroyan , establishing him as an important talent , not only because of its timely subject and timeless conclusions about the life of an artist but also because of its arresting style and view of the subject . the story combines a stream - of - consciousness account of the interior monologue of the artist with a detailed , realistic view of the outside world he inhabits , thus uniting two of the major technical approaches of modern literature . the bizarre images that tumble through the writer’s mind as he sleeps both accurately reflect the strange world of the dream and alert the reader that this story is something different , something that will demand full attention . the enigmatic dream images also involve the reader in the story by giving him a glimpse of what the writer’s life is like : the writer’s dream is as bewildering to the reader as are the details that the writer encounters as he walks through the streets of the city , and as the writer must take up the hard work of organizing the details of everyday existence , so must the reader work to piece together the elements of the story . little by little , the reader must infer that the writer is dying in part from integrity , because he refuses to be anything less than an artist , a role with dignity , in a society that does not respect that dignity . because this bitter truth is inferred by the reader , its impact is more stunning than if it had been directly stated by the author .

“what advice have i for the potential writer ? i have none , for anybody is a potential writer , and the writer who is a writer needs no advice and seeks none…the writer is a spiritual anarchist , as in the depth of his soul every man is . ”

the deep song of man , the sly whisper of someone unseen but vaguely known , hurricane in the cornfield , a game of chess , hush the queen , the king , karl franz , black titanic , mr . chaplin weeping , stalin , hitler , a multitude of jews , tomorrow is monday , no dancing in the streets .

according to this context , therefore , saroyan ' s story dramatizes the dilemma of the writer who does not produce the right kinds of texts for his social order , who cannot earn the words on the coin with the words that fill his imagination . saroyan highlights this dilemma at the end of the story as the young man dares to leave incomplete his application for permission to live . without this document , he dies . but as saroyan points out such a death amounts to nothing less than a new life that is " dreamless , unalive , perfect . " in the final scene the world that requires documentation of this sort—the world of employment agencies and " department store " jobs— " circles away . " " with the grace of the young man on the trapeze " the protagonist soars away to become " all things at once . " his destination , saroyan tells us , is the source of all life , that ground of " being " that at some level motivates all of saroyan ' s fiction . significantly this vast unknown territory appears to him as " an ocean of print undulat [ ing ] endlessly and darkly , " perhaps the ultimate metaphor for the writer ' s experience of heaven .

going through it again this spring , i was caught by a review from commonweal quoted on the back cover . “a deft and funny creation of a high quality , ” the critic wrote , “somewhere between the terror - haunted humor of richard hughes’ a high wind in jamaica and the placid , presumably unselfconscious amusements of daisy ashford’s the young visiters . ” i had never heard of the young visiters . neither , as it happens , had any of the dozen people i’ve mentioned it to in the months since . when i sought the young visiters out at the library , i was startled by what would seem to be the most important fact about it . “you could have told me , ” i said silently to commonweal , “that this book was written by a nine - year - old . ”

dimly he felt impelled to ask the old man for a portion of the crumbs , but would not allow the thought even nearly to reach consciousness ; he entered the public library and for an hour read proust , then , feeling himself to be swimming away again , he rushed outdoors . he drank more water at the fountain in the park and began the long walk to his room .

but i was only beginning to discover at the time i began the young visiters that i had stumbled upon one of the most original artifacts of victorian literature and the cause of a fascinating literary craze . the connection between daisy ashford’s childhood creation and alfred and guinevere is clear—both derive their surprising , loopy humor from the idiosyncrasies of youth . both conceal narrative art behind “presumed unselfconsciousness . ” and while schuyler is striving toward the freedom and wildness and weirdness of a child’s mind in his novel , in ashford’s we see no such effort : it comes straight from the source . the same thing is indicated in the comparison of schuyler’s and ashford’s books , the enthusiastic but puzzled public response to the young visiters , and the delights of the novel itself : the debt adult writers owe to children .

anyone who knows me as a writer , teacher , friend , knows that saroyan has been a big part of my life since i began to write . a mentor , a role model , an influence , call him what you will . i found him ( first ) in the human comedy , where the main character , young boy , named homer , was a telegraph messenger–a perfect witness to the joys and sorrows of man .

( trivia time : the guitarist in this scene is ken carson , who would later join the band sons of the pioneers . with them , he helped record the theme song for the searchers and the song “tumbling tumbleweeds , ” later used in the opening of the big lebowski . )

that the tone of the young visiters does not come off as “unhampered by concepts , ” but is in fact knowing , even ironic , does not indicate that it is then a bad example of a child’s art , or that it might not have been produced by a child at all ; it indicates that these writers’ idea of the value of children’s work was false . attesting to the purity of the young visiters , one writer claims that , “the author , we think , need not have read many novels . ” this is maybe the most absurd thing these misguided adults ever wrote about this novel .

such traditional material , however , is presented in the stream - of - consciousness technique . in the brief first part of the story entitled “sleep , ” a series of dream images and associations flow through the sleeping writer’s mind . this jangle of cultural , political , literary , and comic allusions all thematically suggest a cosmic imbalance , a world out of joint . yet all is somehow unified or reconciled by the free - flight of the man on the trapeze , the writer and his imagination .

as in many of saroyan’s stories , the plot is loosely episodic , but there is a distinctly russian flavor to this piece . the young writer’s despondent wanderings about the heartless city are suggestive of gogol’s or dostoyevski’s starkly realistic portrayals of sensitive souls in conflict with an unheeding , indifferent society .

from the agencies he went to the large department stores : there was a good deal of pomposity , some humiliation on his part , and finally the report that work was not available . he did not feel displeased , and strangely did not even feel that he was personally involved in all the foolishness . he was a living young man who was in need of money with which to go on being one , and there was no way of getting it except by working for it ; and there was no work . it was purely an abstract problem which he wished for the last time to attempt to solve . now he was pleased that the matter was dosed .

the talent of a novelist depends on how they observe the people and patterns around them and how shrewdly they imitate the craft of earlier novelists . ashford succeeded in both of these things not in spite of her age but because of it . in his introduction , barrie describes how ashford studied the adults she encountered and borrowed and modified things she heard discussed at home for use in the young visiters —the crystale palace became the crystal palace ; the gaiety theatre became the gaierty hotel—and cautions readers against spending “another week - end in a house where there may be a novelist of nine years . ”

so you’re a young , wannabe writer , alive on the streets of paris , day and night , never before feeling so alive in your skin…cafes and flowers and art and boulevards and book stalls along the seine , wine and food and women and language , jazz , and… it’s so overwhelming you can’t find the words to describe it .

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in early coverage of the novel , critics’ delight in this artlessness could veer uncomfortably toward the mean - spirited . as a reviewer for the magazine the living age wrote in july 1919 , “to laugh at a child’s story is almost as bad as laughing at the child herself . ” but this was only one aspect of readers’ confused reactions to the young visiters . the book was published with an introduction by peter pan author j . m . barrie , provoking persistent rumors that barrie was the book’s true author . they discredited ashford for the novel by saying that all of the book’s value was achieved accidentally , in its unintended humor , while at the same time saying that the book’s merits were too great to have been achieved by a child .

as barrie writes of ashford in his introduction , “she read everything that came her way , including , as the context amply proves , the grown - up novels of the period . ” what is truly remarkable about the young visiters isn’t its naïve comedy but its subtle craft , the way it is brilliantly derivative of the “grown - up novels” the author had read . ashford develops the love triangle between mr . salteena , ethel , and bernard quietly , with only winking indications of what the parties are secretly feeling . mr . salteena and ethel visit bernard at his house , and at dinner there is this exchange :

“i immediately began to study all the classic rules , including ring lardner’s , and in the end i discovered that the rules were wrong .

critics were unconsciously running up against the problem with appreciating the young visiters as a piece of juvenilia . writers of the era tended to stress the innocence and purity of children’s art . in an article titled “our awakening appreciation of juvenile literature and art” in the september 1919 issue of current opinion , a critic is quoted as saying that in children’s work “there is a nature untrammeled by the impedimenta of intellectual knowledge , uncorrupted by useless , if inevitable , association , unhampered by concepts . ”

it is not a sort of mystical “purity” that makes children’s art worth attention ; it is curiosity about the adult world and the freedom with which children can try out , and then discard , adult conventions . in august 1919 a new york times writer asked , “is it possible that in the young visiters the publishers have stumbled upon a posthumous work by lewis carroll ? ” this was a popular comparison among critics of the young visiters , and an inappropriate one . ashford was imitating the serious , sophisticated worlds of william makepeace thackeray and henry james . carroll—in his work’s frenzied pace , his free and easy manipulation of time and location , his rejection of logic , his silliness—was trying to imitate a mind like daisy ashford’s .

for a young writer starting out ( for any writer with thirty or more years of literary battle scars , and still more blood to let ) saroyan was , and remains , one of the few writers who consistently delivers hope to one’s desk , day and night .

in the gutter he saw a coin which proved to be a penny dated 1923 , and placing it in the palm of his hand he examined it closely , remembering that year and thinking of lincoln , whose profile was stamped upon the coin . there was almost nothing a man could do with a penny . i will purchase a motor - car , he thought . i will dress myself in the fashion of a fop , visit the hotel strumpets , drink and dine , and then return to the quiet . or i will drop the coin into a slot and weigh myself .

horizontally wakeful amid universal widths , practicing laughter and mirth , satire , the end of all , rome and yes of babylon , clenched teeth , remembrance , much warmth volcanic , the streets of paris , the plains of jericho , much gliding as of reptile in abstraction , a gallery of water - colours , the sea and the fish with eyes , symphony , a table in the corner of the eiffel tower , jazz at the opera house , alarm clock and the tap dancing of doom , conversation with a tree , the river nile , the roar of dostoyevsky , and the dark sun .

commented that for the gangleaders and their henchmen , " the prison seemed to have been run on the lines of a first - class hotel . "

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part of a self - created syllabus : i ' m studying the short story form , in particular the short - short . reading the daring young man on the flying trapeze , said writer robert fox ( in sudden fiction : american short - short stories ) , " freed me . i no longer needed character , plot , conflict , resolution , and phallic symbolism . saroyan ' s work made me less serious , as well . i enjoyed myself in a new way , improvising on ideas . . . . i don ' t think saroyan thought about form - - what i learned from him was tone . short - shorts can be tone pieces , much like poems . " when i read these remarks i ran right out ( to amazon . com ) and ordered a used edition and gobbled it up . i have the bantam classic paperback from 1961 . it ' s held together pretty well , although its pages are brown and the cover is worn at the edges and corners . i knew saroyan a little from other long - ago reading , and i expected the stories to feel a little dated , and they do . the rhythm of his language is of its literary time , and the innocence of his themes . but i believe he has something here very worth learning about .

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this earth , the face of one who lived , the form without the weight , weeping upon snow , white music , the magnified flower twice the size of the universe , black clouds , the caged panther staring , deathless space , mr . eliot with rolled sleeves baking bread , flaubert and guy de maupassant , a wordless rhyme of early meaning , finlandia , mathematics highly polished and slick as a green onion to the teeth , jerusalem , the path to paradox .

, which she had written twenty - eight years earlier , it was an immediate and absolute success . it is a victorian “society novel” following “an elderly man of forty - two” named alfred salteena and his friends , the young lovers ethel montecue and bernard clark , as mr . salteena strives to become a gentleman . with its distinctive , graceless narrative voice and original spelling errors intact , readers regarded it as a remarkable specimen of children’s grand and unselfconscious ridiculousness . it was so popular in the united states and in ashford’s native united kingdom that it went through eight printings in its first year .

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“this sense of being out of time has driven thousands of people from their homes into moving - picture theaters where new universes appear before them , with emphasis on man and his major problem : a thing called , conveniently , love . the sunday midnight shows do a thriving business , and the people go back to their homes , sick with the sickness of frustration ; it is this that makes the city so interesting at night : the people emerging from the theaters , smoking cigarettes and looking desperate , wanting much , the precision , the glory , all the loveliness of life : wanting what is finest and getting nothing . it is saddening to see them , but there is mockery in the heart : one walks among them , laughing at oneself and at them , their midnight staring . ”

he ( the living ) dressed and shaved , grinning at himself in the mirror . very unhandsome , he said ; where is my tie ? ( he had but one . ) coffee and a gray sky , pacific ocean fog , the drone of a passing street car , people going to the city , time again , the day , prose and poetry . he moved swiftly down the stairs to the street and began to walk , thinking suddenly . it is only in sleep that we may know we live . there only , in that living death , do we meet ourselves and the far earth , god and the saints , the names of our fathers , the substance of remote moments : it is there that the centuries merge in the moment , that the vast becomes the tiny , tangible atom of eternity .

from a hill he saw the city standing majestically in the east , great towers , dense with his kind , and there he was suddenly outside of it all , almost definitely certain that he should never gain admittance , almost positive that somehow he had ventured upon the wrong earth , or perhaps into the wrong age , and now a young man of twenty - two was to be permanently ejected from it . this thought was not saddening . he said to himself , sometime soon i must write an application for permission to live . he accepted the thought of dying without pity for himself or for man , believing that he would at least sleep another night . his rent for another day was paid ; there was yet another tomorrow . and after that he might go where other homeless men went . he might even visit the salvation army - sing to god and jesus ( unlover of my soul ) , be saved , eat and sleep . but he knew that he would not . his life was a private life . he did not wish to destroy this fact . any other alternative would be better .

it all began on the back cover of the great poet james schuyler’s 1958 novel alfred and guinevere . in the novel , schuyler creates an absolutely odd and believable childhood world , told only through dialogue between the young brother and sister alfred and guinevere gates and excerpts from guinevere’s diary . alfred and guinevere is the best novel i’ve ever read about childhood , because it accurately depicts the way children brilliantly and hilariously mimic adults , the way that children’s conversations are imperfectly observed imitations of adult conversations . because of this insight , it doesn’t read like an adult imitating children—and it is incredibly funny . i’ve read it many times ; i can’t get enough of it .

he passed numerous restaurants with magnificent discipline , refusing even to glance into them , and at last reached a building which he entered . he rose in an elevator to the seventh floor , moved down a hall , and , opening a door , walked into the office of an employment agency . already there were two dozen young men in the place ; he found a corner where he stood waiting his turn to be interviewed .

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he passed countless stores and restaurants on his way to the y . m . c . a . , where he helped himself to paper and ink and began to compose his application . for an hour he worked on this document , then suddenly , owing to the bad air in the place and to hunger , he became faint . he seemed to be swimming away from himself with great strokes , and hurriedly left the building . in the civic center park , across from the public library building , he drank almost a quart of water and felt himself refreshed . an old man was standing in the center of the brick boulevard surrounded by sea - gulls , pigeons , and robins . he was taking handfuls of bread crumbs from a large paper sack and tossing them to the birds with a gallant gesture .

a character’s small outer lapses pointing to emotions that exist within—so that feelings are revealed to the audience sometimes before they are known to the character herself—has been a hallmark of british comedies of manners from jane austen to e . m . forster to barbara pym to alan hollinghurst . and the young visiters centers on the greatest theme of british literature : class and the possibility ( or impossibility ) of social mobility . both mr . salteena and ethel are attempting to raise their status in the world . from the beginning , ethel is painted , in soft strokes , as a bit rustic : her dress is said to have “grown rarther short in the sleeves” and the author writes that she “did not really know at all how to go on at a visit . ” when ethel marries bernard we learn that

i longed to meet him , damn it ! but at least had the chance to write reviews of his later works for major newspapers while he was still alive . and i was certain he read them and knew there was a young - writer - kid out in the midwest who loved his style , worshipped his words , believed in his writing regardless if major critics on the east coast thought he was sentimental , passé , pretty much dead .

the innocent and accidental strangeness of the story is certainly one of its pleasures . ashford’s mania for description can reach a fevered hilarity , as in this passage about the book’s male ingénue :

“the trouble was , they had been leaving me out , and as far as i could tell was the most important element in the matter , so i made some new rules . ”

so late at night , down streets , over bridges , sights , sounds , the city of light , a search for miller’s , noir neighborhood , rue st . denis , a walk down montparnasse looking for hemingway’s le dome , a late outdoor café–coffee and a french cigarette…hours and hours…finally finding the way to the door of your fifth floor walk - up in st . michel , the sullen concierge with the cat on her desk lifts her tired head as you bid her good night in french , ascend the narrow staircase to the broken # 3 on the door of your tiny room , turn the key in the lock , step in , and throw open the shutters wide to the streets of paris at night , inhale the stars , pour some cheap red wine…breathe it all in…taste…then open the book of saroyan again…to confirm you are where you belong…waiting for your own words to come .

in much of the book ethel must rely on the wisdom of the provincial mr . salteena , whose obsession with customs like the tipping of servants gives away his identity as , in his words , “not quite a gentleman . ” but while ethel has a fairly straightforward opportunity to advance in society by marrying aristocratic bernard , mr . salteena must find his way to the upper class by some other path . he enlists the help of the earl of clincham , who lives in the crystal palace , a facility for “people who have got something funny in their family” to legitimize their status and train in the ways of the aristocracy .

william saroyan ' s first collection of short stories published during the great depression details immigrants in the u . s . through a variety of characters ( armenian , jewish , polish , irish ) . many of the stories reflect the times , centering around characters concerned with money , starvation , integration , etc . not knowing anything about the author i wonder how many of the experiences the characters share are saroyan ' s own . several of his stories are told from the perspective of a writer , and many are

he placed the shining penny on the table , looking upon it with the delight of a miser . how prettily it smiles , he said . without reading them he looked at the words , e pluribus unum one cent united states of america , and turning the penny over , he saw lincoln and the words , in god we trust liberty 1923 . how beautiful it is , he said .

if the truth were known , he was half starved , and there was still no end of books he ought to read before he died . he remembered the young italian in a brooklyn hospital , a small sick clerk named mollica , who had said desperately , i would like to see california once before i die . and he thought earnestly , i ought at least to read hamlet once again ; or perhaps huckleberry finn .

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the plot is traditional enough - - a young writer , poor and starving , wanders the city streets in an attempt to stave off his hunger . he cannot find meaningful work and must sell his book to survive . in his vagaries , he dreams of food and of climbing out of his body . he finds a penny and brings it to his rented flat where he polishes it and dreams over it . hallucinating because of his hunger , he dies alone , his imagination active to the end .

maybe it’s an american instinct to respond to times of crisis by putting on a show . or maybe this is just a manifestation of the cliché that poor people are happier and have an easier time cutting loose—the same one witnessed in titanic when rose goes below decks to dance a polka away from her stultifying society friends . ( or in my man godfrey , or holiday , or any number of other depression - era comedies . ) cliché or not , though , the scene in it happened one night feels so alive and strangely naturalistic despite its improbability , because the sailor and all the other participants bring such enthusiasm to their performances . for these few minutes , money and class are meaningless : all that matters is the music .

an armenian american with little formal education , saroyan was a dramatist who disparaged the usual conventions of the form : " plot , atmosphere , style , and all the rest of it , " he wrote , " may be regarded as so much nonsense " ( three times three ) . his plays have been criticized as formless and his writing as undisciplined ; yet his work is imbued with fondness for the human race and contains an infectious enthusiasm for society ' s misfits and innocents . saroyan ' s dramatic career was launched with my heart ' s in the highlands ( 1939 ) , a fantasy . the following year , the time of your life ( 1939 ) was awarded the pulitzer prize - - - which saroyan publicly refused on the grounds that commerce had no right to patronize art . this play , undoubtedly saroyan ' s one enduring piece , takes place in a waterfront saloon where vivid characters wander in and out to come into contact with the philosophical joe , a man of unending generosity . ( bowker author biography )

everyone gets a chance to shine , including a mincing sailor who gives a lurid emphasis to the line “his eyes would undress every girl in the house ! ” ( it’s a surprisingly bawdy song for such a public performance , but no one seems to notice or care . ) the film’s main plot continues during the song courtesy of clever editing , as close - ups on the sleazy shapely and the distracted bus driver appear alongside wide shots of all the other passengers with the band as their focal point . but this is decidedly a detour , albeit a spectacular one , from the fugitive couple’s episodic progress ; it’s a sequence more about setting and the nature of depression - era bus travel than about plot .

the ironic society novel isn’t the only genre ashford is drawing from—she also borrows , impressively for her tender age , on the melodrama of high romance . the scene of bernard’s proposal to ethel was the focus of many early reviews—“her love passages are extraordinary , ” wrote one reviewer—as the level of ardor this nine - year - old describes necessarily pushes the novel over into the farcical . in the open air of the country near windsor castle , bernard confesses his feelings : “words fail me ejaculated bernard horsely my passion for you is intense he added fervently . ” ethel replies , “you are to me like a heathen god , ” swoons , and faints . the scene of course reads like it was written by someone whose only encounters with romantic love were in books . but it also highlights how closely , whether comprehending or not , children observe the adult world .

these stories are a bit hit or miss . what charmed me most is that they all take place in san francisco . here ' s the best line about the city , " hardly anyone is aware of the seasons out here . we have all seasons all the year round . "

is naturally best remembered for the cute love story that unfolds ( over the course of several nights ) between stars clark gable and claudette colbert .

, the story writers were ex - newspaper men . a number of reviews noted that the film was based somewhat on a recent prison scandal .

what is maybe most remarkable about ashford’s exploration of this theme is the contrast in perspectives on the social hierarchy held by characters of different classes . members of the nobility generally express ambivalence about social status . “being royal has many painfull drawbacks , ” the prince of wales complains . “at the day of judgement what will be the odds , ” the earl of clincham says to put class differences in perspective . “mr salteena heaved a sigh , ” ashford writes . “i was thinking of this world he said . ”

this spell of utter mirth ends , of course , with a minor tragedy , as the bus careens into a muddy ditch . soon thereafter , gable and colbert lose the rest of their money and have to leave the bus for good due to shapely’s half - baked scheming . but that spur - of - the - moment musical number is still a chance for bonding , as the sheer cuteness of the passengers’ singing cuts through the main characters’ lingering cynicism and world - weariness . ( gable even gets in on the act , passing a flask around to some dancing fellow travelers . )

he began to perceive the definiteness of the course of his life . except for moments , it had been largely artless , but now at the last minute he was determined that there should be as little imprecision as possible .

boy , was this story all over the place ! a complete mess , though it had a likable cast and decent energy to carry the nonsense over .

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, which was also made in 1935 ( see below ) . according to information in the twentieth century - fox records of the legal department at the ucla theater arts library , joseph sauers was originally cast in the role of " muggs , " but his contract was cancelled , and he was replaced by william pawley .

a man in middle management at an insurance company is writing his performance evaluation , which brings on a crisis in identity : is this the life he ' s imagined for himself ? is he happy ? has he made the right choices ? he plays scenes out in his mind : of meeting and falling in love with his equally chubby wife ; of seeing his son turn into an unruly teen ; of facing his younger , hipper , female boss , whom he imagines both threatening him and kissing him . all the while , he ' s aware of how he may appear to others - ridiculous - and that his wife may be unhappy . he ' s written a poem ; does it hold the key to insight ?

in this collection of short stories ( his first ) , saroyan’s voice is exuberant , exploratory , and brash . published in 1934 , many of the stories provide stark , haunting impressions of life during the great depression . overall , the writing is fresh and the perspectives are thoughtful . i’ll be looking for more of his work .

articles from january 25 , 1934 , on the previous day , a raiding party led by austin h . maccormick , commissioner of correction , uncovered " wholesale scandal and corruption " at the welfare island penitentiary and put daniel sheehan , the deputy warden , under " military arrest . " two gangs headed by racketeers were found to be ruling the prison , where narcotics and various weapons were found . the gangs were found to have smuggled narcotics into the prison using homing pigeons to sell to inmates .

o swift moment of life : it is ended , again the earth is now .

you mean your penmanship is good ? is that it ? said the elderly maiden .

norbert blei ' s poetry dispatch and other notes from the underground . “we live to taste life twice , in the moment and in retrospection , ” said anaїs nin .

in time he helped me realize the depth and life of the ethnic culture in america , and how it could inform one’s storytelling art–setting , plot , character , theme–to last a lifetime . if saroyan had the armenians in fresno ; i had the bohemians ( czechs ) in chicago . and all the other ethnic neighborhood cultures that i began to explore , move in and out of , turn into personal essays for chicago newspapers , and short stories for literary magazines . there would be no books of personal essays by me called chi town and neighborhood ; no collections of short stories called the ghost of sandburg , and the hour of the sunshine now ; no novels , adventures in an american’s literature and the second novel , or works - in - progress without saroyan .