William Saroyan

Writing

William Saroyan

Born — Died

1908-08-31 — 1981-05-18

Place of birth

Fresno, California, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Human Comedy. When the studio rejected his original 240-page treatment, he turned it into a novel, The Human Comedy. Saroyan is regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Saroyan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Dick Cavett Show poster
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The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

Omnibus poster
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Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

Omnibus

1952

Half Moon Bay poster
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This full-length feature film is based on William Saroyans four novels. The movie actions take place in a fictional town called Half Moon Bay. The protagonists are young people with their honest and frank attitude to life. The film is about maturation; heroes obtain the most important thing in the world the ability to understand.

Half Moon Bay

2014

The Time of Your Life poster
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Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.

The Time of Your Life

1948

The Time of Your Life poster
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William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, the characters drift in and out of the bar and each other's lives, giving voice to Saroyan's philosophies as they randomly comment about the impending world war, the beauty of art, and traditional notions of good and evil. At least one of the relationships stands a chance of enduring: a brawny innocent named Tom is falling in love with a vulnerable young prostitute named Kitty. Saroyan himself is heard reciting the play's prologue.

The Time of Your Life

1976

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Behind the camera

Half Moon Bay poster
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This full-length feature film is based on William Saroyans four novels. The movie actions take place in a fictional town called Half Moon Bay. The protagonists are young people with their honest and frank attitude to life. The film is about maturation; heroes obtain the most important thing in the world the ability to understand.

Half Moon Bay

2014

The Time of Your Life poster
6.1

Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.

The Time of Your Life

1948

The Time of Your Life poster
10.0

William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, the characters drift in and out of the bar and each other's lives, giving voice to Saroyan's philosophies as they randomly comment about the impending world war, the beauty of art, and traditional notions of good and evil. At least one of the relationships stands a chance of enduring: a brawny innocent named Tom is falling in love with a vulnerable young prostitute named Kitty. Saroyan himself is heard reciting the play's prologue.

The Time of Your Life

1976

Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands' poster
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Two plays by William Saroyan portraying writers stymied, inspired, frustrated, excited, listful, wistful, slothful, awed, unnerved, perhaps corrupted and perplexed by the promise and let-down writing holds for them.

Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'

1960

Hello Out There poster
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A nameless, down-on-his-luck gambler ends up in a Texas jail, where he meets and falls in love with the lovely Emily Smith. They plan to run away to San Francisco but may not get the opportunity. (Part of an ultimately unreleased anthology film.)

Hello Out There

1949

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Tonight we are pleased to present the noted director John Brahm. Mr. Brahm has chosen for this evening a bright and amusing story by the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist William Saroyan.

A Midsummer Daydream

1955