Discussion of "The Best Years of Our Lives"
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an American drama directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Virginia Mayo. The screenplay was written by Robert E. Sherwood, based on a novella, Glory for Me by MacKinlay Kantor. The cinematography was by Greg Toland.
The plot of the movie concerns three United States servicemen returning home after World War II and the struggle they have re-adjusting to civilian life. The movie is almost a time capsule of what life was like after the war and the changes it brought to American society. Apart from winning the Best Picture Academy Award, it was the top-grossing film of the year and the top-grossing film of the decade. Adjusted for inflation, it is one of the top 100 grossing films in the United States.
To learn more about the film and the people who made it, click on the link to my blog post below.
https://classicmovieman.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-best-years-of-our-lives-is-best.html
To watch the movie on YouTube, click the link below.
We’re going to have two special guests with us for this discussion. Carl Rollyson, who has been a guest before, and Alison Macor, author of the new book, “The Making of The Best Years of Our Lives: The Hollywood Classic That Inspired a Nation.” She will talk a little about her book and fill us in on some of the details surrounding the making of this Academy Award Winning classic.
Discussion of "The Best Years of Our Lives"