NR | 16 min 55 sec | Drama, Comedy | 1952
In a rare on-camera appearance as narrator, John Steinbeck introduces the film, “The Cop and the Anthem,” one part of the five-part anthology film, “O. Henry’s Full House.” This adaptation of O. Henry’s light-hearted short story, directed by Henry Koster, comically ponders the double-edged nature of socio-economic aspirations.
As Koster’s film opens, Steinbeck tells of how William Sydney Porter, an American literary treasure, better known by his pen name, O. Henry, wasn’t just a writer of short fiction, but was also a social critic, a humorist, and a word technician: “Our folklore is full of O. Henry, his courage, his gaiety, and his people. He wrote so many good stories, it’s hard to choose. Here’s one in point.”…
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