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"Don't Stop Believin'"
Single by Journey
from the album Escape
B-side
"Natural Thing"
Released
June 3, 1981[1]
Format
7-inch single
Recorded
1981
Studio
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
Genre
Rock
Length
4:11
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon
Producer(s)
Kevin Elson, Mike "Clay" Stone
Journey singles chronology
"Who's Crying Now"
(1981) "Don't Stop Believin'"
(1981) "Open Arms"
(1982)
"Who's Crying Now"
(1981) "Don't Stop Believin' "
(1981) "Open Arms"
(1982)
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"Don't Stop Believin'" is a song by American rock band Journey, originally released as the second single from their seventh album Escape (1981). It became a number 9 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 on its original release. In the United Kingdom, the song was not a Top 40 hit on its original release; however, it reached sixth with a 2009 re-release after it had increased its popularity from its use on television.
Mike DeGagne of AllMusic has described "Don't Stop Believin'" as a "perfect rock song"[2] and an "anthem", featuring "one of the best opening keyboard riffs in rock."[3] It has sold more digital copies than any other song originally released in the 20th century.[4]
Contents
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1 Song structure and references
2 Personnel
3 In popular culture
4 Chart performance
4.1 UK chart success
4.2 Charts and certifications
4.2.1 Weekly charts
4.2.2 Year-end charts
4.2.3 All-time charts
4.2.4 Sales and certifications
4.3 Internet
5 Later versions
5.1 Northern Kings version
5.2 Petra Haden version
5.3 Alvin and the Chipmunks version
5.4 Steel Panther version
5.5 Joe McElderry version
5.6 Big Brother 2010
5.7 X Factor Indonesia version
5.8 Jumprockers version
5.9 DJ Higheffect feat. Silvia Dias version
5.10 Boondox, Bukshot and ClaAs version
5.11 Starship version
6 Glee Cast version
6.1 Critical reception
6.2 Chart performance
6.3 Track listings
6.4 Other versions
6.5 Charts
6.6 Year-end charts
6.7 Live performances
6.8 Personnel
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Song structure and references[edit]
While most popular songs have a refrain that is repeated several times throughout the song, the true chorus to "Don't Stop Believin'" (as well as first mention of its title) is not heard until the end of the song, with only 0:50 left. The song's writers designated the musically similar sections before the chorus as the "pre-chorus."[5] The song's structure is:
Introduction (instrumental) (0:00–0:17)
Verse 1 (0:17–0:49)
Instrumental (0:49–1:05)
Verse 2 (half-length) (1:05–1:20)
Pre-chorus 1 (1:20–1:54)
Instrumental (1:54–2:01)
Verse 3 (2:01–2:33)
Pre-chorus 2 (2:33–3:05)
Instrumental (chorus) (3:05–3:21)
Chorus until fade (3:21–4:11)
The song is played in the key of E major at a tempo of 118 beats per minute. The vocal range is E3–C#5.[6] The chord progression, played by the piano in the introduction and continued throughout most of the song, is eight chords long, following a I-V-vi-IV-I-V-iii-IV progression.
The title of the song came from something keyboardist Jonathan Cain's father frequently told him when he was a struggling musician living on Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard ready to give up because he was not having success in the music industry. Each time he would call home in despair, his father would tell him, "Don't stop believing or you're done, dude."[7]
While the lyrics mention being "born and raised in south Detroit", the area that would be considered south Detroit is actually the Canadian city of Windsor.[8] Steve Perry has said, "I tried north Detroit, I tried east and west and it didn't sing, but south Detroit sounded so beautiful. I loved the way it sounded, only to find out later it's actually Canada."[8]
Personnel[edit]
Escape version
Steve Perry – lead vocals
Ross Valory – bass guitar, background vocals
Jonathan Cain – keyboards, background vocals
Neal Schon – lead and rhythm guitars, background vocals
Steve Smith – drums and percussion
Revelation live version
Arnel Pineda – lead vocals
Ross Valory – bass guitar, background vocals
Jonathan Cain – keyboards, background vocals
Neal Schon – lead and rhythm guitars, background vocals
Deen Castronovo – drums and percussion, background vocals
In popular culture[edit]
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In 2007, the song gained press coverage and a sharp growth in popularity for its use in the famous final scene of HBO's The Sopranos series finale "Made in America." Steve Perry was initially hesitant to allow the song to be used in The Sopranos but later agreed.[9] Digital downloads of the song soared following the episode's airing and the exposure motivated the band members to overcome the struggles they were having at the time and find a replacement lead singer after Perry's departure.[10][11]
The song was released as downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band on March 31, 2009.[12]
The song is referred to in the chorus of the song "This'll Be My Year" performed by Train on their album California 37, in which Pat Monahan sings "I stopped believin', although Journey told me 'don't'".[13][14]
The song has been a rallying cry for a multitude of sports teams, first by the Chicago White Sox in their successful run to the 2005 World Series, when catcher A. J. Pierzynski and teammates heard the song being sung in a bar in Baltimore. The White Sox invited former Journey lead singer Steve Perry to the team's celebration rally, where he sang the song along with several members of the team. In 2008, in a tight battle for first place with the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West, the Los Angeles Dodgers began to play "Don't Stop Believin'" in the middle of the 8th inning at all of their home games.[15] Subsequently, the song was played at Dodger home games throughout the 2009 season, much to the chagrin of Perry, a self-proclaimed San Francisco Giants fan.[15]
The song also became the unofficial anthem for the Giants' 2010 postseason, especially after local musician Ashkon created a parody version of the song following their winning the 2010 National League West Division.[16] The song was used during the end montage following the Fox network's coverage of the 2010 World Series, which was won by the Giants. Perry appeared in the Giants' subsequent victory parade,[17] and the song was played at the start of the Giants' victory rally.[18] Perry has appeared at several Giants home games at AT&T Park during the 2014 postseason, leading the crowd in singing "Don't Stop Believin'" during the "8th inning sing-along" when the Giants are tied or behind in the score; when the Giants are ahead the crowd sings "Lights" instead.[19]
The song has for years been commonly played at Detroit Red Wings hockey games; at Red Wings home games (especially during the last minutes of playoff victories), the recording is turned down during the line "born and raised in south Detroit" so the home fans can sing the line from the song.[20][21] It is also used at numerous Detroit sporting events.[22]
Prior to the beginning of the 2014 season Mississippi State Head Football Coach Dan Mullen asked the DJ at Davis Wade Stadium to play "Don't Stop Believin" between the third and fourth quarters of each Bulldog home game. MSU fans immediately took to the song and began to sway and ring the cowbells that they traditionally bring to home games in sync with the beat while singing along.[23][24][25][26]
"Oh, man. I love that song," said MSU defensive end Preston Smith. "When it comes on, it gets the whole stadium going. It's a great energy, I love it. I think I was out there in the Auburn game doing a drum solo."[27]
Chart performance[edit]
The song reached number eight on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It sold over a million copies in vinyl.[28] It is the No. 1 paid digital download song originally released in the 20th century,[29] and was also the 72nd most downloaded song of 2008, and 84th most downloaded song of 2009 in the store, over 27 years after its release. On August 31, 2009 the song topped the 3 million mark in paid downloads.[30] It is the best-selling digital song from a pre-digital-era,[31] and it was also the best-selling rock song in digital history until it was over taken by Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" in January 2014.[28] It was placed just outside the top twenty best selling digital songs of all time in September 2010.[32] It has sold over 6.8 million digital units in the US as of September 2016[33] and is the best selling digital track recorded in the 1980s.
"Don't Stop Believin'" has entered other charts across the world in recent years, following a gain in popularity. In Canada the song peaked at number 2, at number 4 in Ireland, at 25 in Sweden after many chart runs, and at number 50 in the Dutch charts.
The power ballad[34] is one of the most popular rock tracks in Ireland and continues to remain in the top ten most downloaded songs.[35]
UK chart success[edit]
The song was released in the United Kingdom in December 1981[1] and peaked only at number 62. "Don't Stop Believin'", never re-released in the UK, retained a cult following and re-entered the UK Singles Chart in February 2009 at number 94, due to digital downloads. On November 1, 2009, following a performance on The X Factor, "Don't Stop Believin'" re-entered the chart at number 52, and it rose to number 19 a week later. The song stayed in the charts for three weeks, before dropping out of the top 40. On December 20 that year, "Don't Stop Believin'" re-entered the chart at number 9 after the song was performed again on The X Factor. The song remained in the top 10 for another seven weeks in 2010, hitting a peak of number 6 in the process.
In early 2010, it was announced that the song had been the 65th best-selling single of 2009. "Don't Stop Believin'" spent a total of 21 non-consecutive weeks in the top 40 during its November 2009 – April 2010 run. "Don't Stop Believin'" was the 25th best-selling track of 2010, selling just over 435,000 copies. It re-entered the charts in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and to date has spent 95 weeks in the top 100.[36]
In September 2014, the Official Charts Company listed the song as having sold a Million copies in the UK.[37]
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1981-2013)
Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 100
Canadian Singles Chart 2
Dutch Singles Chart 50
Europe Digital Singles 19
Europe Hot 200 47
Irish Singles Chart 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[38] 25
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[39] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 9
US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 8
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1981)
Position
US Cashbox Top 100[40] 58
Chart (1982)
Position
US Billboard Hot 100 73
Chart (2009)
Position
UK Singles Chart[41] 65
Chart (2010)
Position
European Hot 100 Singles[42] 67
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[43] 24
All-time charts[edit]
Chart (1981-2013)
Position
Swedish Singles Chart[44] 78
UK Download Chart[45] 12
Sales and certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[46]
Gold 30,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[47]
2× Platinum 1,200,000
United States (RIAA)[48]
Gold (physical)
Platinum (MT)
6× Platinum (digital) 1,000,000 (physical)[49]
1,000,000 (ringtones)
6,800,000 (digital)[33]^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
Internet[edit]
In December 2010, The Key of Awesome had sampled the chorus of "Don't Stop Believin'", as part of their Black Eyed Peas spoof.[50] However, in October 2011, the members of Journey had the original video taken down due to the copyright infringements.[51][52]
Later versions[edit]
Northern Kings version[edit]
The Finnish symphonic metal band Northern Kings included the song on their album Reborn.
Petra Haden version[edit]
The 2007 album Guilt by Association Vol. 1 contains an a cappella version of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Petra Haden (member of That Dog and daughter of jazz bassist Charlie Haden) recorded via multiple vocal overdubs.
Alvin and the Chipmunks version[edit]
Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded a version for their 2008 album Undeniable.[53]
Steel Panther version[edit]
Glam metal band Steel Panther released a version as a non-album single in 2009.
Joe McElderry version[edit]
In 2009, Joe McElderry performed the song on the 6th UK series of The X Factor on week 4, and again in the finals. This helped the original version get back in the UK charts in the second half of 2009.[54] The song was one of the choices to be the series' winner single, but Journey did not like the arrangement of The X Factor version.[55] "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus was eventually chosen.[56] McElderry still frequently performs the song in his live shows, occasionally changing the lyrics, "born and raised in South Detroit" to "born and raised in South Shields."
Big Brother 2010[edit]
The housemates of Big Brother 2010 recorded a version of the song, coached by Andrew Stone of Pineapple Dance Studios, in July 2010.[57] Stone also choreographed and shot a video of the performance. According to Digital Spy, the video "almost out-Glees Glee"[58] Steve and Rachel sang the lead vocals.
X Factor Indonesia version[edit]
On May 17, 2013 singer Fatin Shidqia along with Novita Dewi performed this song during the Grand Final of X Factor Indonesia.[59]
Jumprockers version[edit]
Hungarian band Jumprockers recorded the song in the style of jumpstyle in 2013. This version kept the original vocals but a brand new guitar solo part was recorded.
DJ Higheffect feat. Silvia Dias version[edit]
In 2014 German DJ Higheffect released ten versions with Portuguese singer Silvia Dias as the leading voice.[60] MP3 Seller Musicload categorized it Dancepop.[61]
Boondox, Bukshot and ClaAs version[edit]
In the summer of 2014 American rappers Boondox, Bukshot and ClaAs recorded a hip hop version of the song, and released it in June 2014 accompanied by a music video.
Starship version[edit]
On the 2009 compilation album Rock of Ages, Starship, formed from Jefferson Starship, recorded this song. This should not be confused with the soundtrack to the film Rock of Ages.
Glee Cast version[edit]
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Single by Glee cast
from the album Glee: The Music, Volume 1
Released
May 19, 2009
Format
Digital download, CD single
Recorded
2009
Genre
Pop
Length
3:50
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon
Producer(s)
Ryan Murphy, Adam Anders
Glee cast singles chronology
"Don't Stop Believin'"
(2009) "Rehab"
(2009)
"Don't Stop Believin' "
(2009) "Rehab"
(2009)
"Don't Stop Believin'" was recorded by the cast of American television series, Glee. It is the first single released from the soundtrack of the series, Glee: The Music, Volume 1 and was performed on the first episode of the initial season, "Pilot".[62] A portion of the song was performed again in the episode "The Rhodes Not Taken". A second version was performed by the cast in the first season's finale episode, "Journey to Regionals", for the glee club's Regionals competition; it is included in the EP soundtrack, Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals. A third version was performed by Lea Michele as Rachel Berry in the nineteenth episode of the fourth season of the show, "Sweet Dreams"; it was released as a single April 23, 2013. A fourth version was performed in the 2014 episode "New Directions".[63] The Glee arrangement was adapted from Petra Haden's version.[64] The "Regionals Version" earned a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the 2011 ceremony. A reprise of the Pilot version is featured in the 2015 episode "2009".
Released as a digital download on June 2, 2009, the song performed well in the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Australia, where it charted within the top five of their national charts. The cast performance of "Don't Stop Believin'" was certified gold in the US in October 2009 and platinum in March 2011, achieving over 1,000,000 digital sales,[65] and platinum in Australia, with sales of over 70,000.[66] It remains the most popular recording in the show's history, having sold 1,422,000 copies in the United States alone.[67]
"Don't Stop Believin'" was put on the BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 playlists in the UK in January 2010.
Critical reception[edit]
Aly Semigan of Entertainment Weekly praised the song stating "Fox's Glee put the ultimate earworm back in its rightful place." She then continued saying "even if you aren't one for show choirs (which, is quite frankly, shocking), it's pretty damn hard to resist." Semigan also compared it to the original version stating "it sounds slightly different in this Freaks and Geeks meets High School Musical pilot, but it's a good kind of different."[68]
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Song by Glee cast
from the album Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals
Released
June 8, 2010
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2010
Genre
Pop
Length
3:44
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, Neal Schon
Producer(s)
Ryan Murphy, Adam Anders
Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals track listing
"Any Way You Want It"
(2) "Don't Stop Believin'"
(3) "Bohemian Rhapsody"
(4)
Chart performance[edit]
In the United States, the song debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on week dated June 6, 2009 with sales of 177,000 copies in its first week, behind Black Eyed Peas's "Boom Boom Pow", Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" and Jamie Foxx's "Blame It", respectively the number one, number two and number three on the chart.[69][70] The song received certification Platinum by RIAA for more 1.4 million copies of digital sold which is also their best-selling song to date.[70]
Track listings[edit]
Digital download[71]
"Don't Stop Believin'" – 3:50
German CD single[72]
"Don't Stop Believin'" – 3:52
"Rehab" – 3:26
Other versions[edit]
The Almighty Glee Club did their remix version including a radio edit, club mix, dub mix and instrumental. Pop-Punk band All Time Low performed a version of this during several live concerts, and was featured once in a special of their straight-to-DVD concert video.
Charts[edit]
Chart (2009–2011)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[73] 5
Australia Hitseekers (ARIA)[74] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[75] 68
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[76] 37
France (SNEP)[77] 48
Germany (Official German Charts)[78] 50
Ireland (IRMA)[79] 4
Italy (FIMI)[80] 46
Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay (Billboard)[81] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[82] 91
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[83] 16
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[84] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[85] 74
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[86] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[87] 4
US Pop 100 (Billboard)[88] 18
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2010)
Position
European Hot 100 Singles[89] 82
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[43] 22
Live performances[edit]
Glee Cast performing the song during Glee Live! In Concert!
"Don't Stop Believin'" was part of the setlist of Glee Cast's worldwide 2010/11 concert tour, Glee Live! In Concert! tour.
On April 7, 2010, Glee Cast performed the song on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
On April 13, 2010, Glee Cast performed the song on the 2010 White House Easter Egg Roll, along with "National Anthem", "True Colors", "Somebody to Love", "Over the Rainbow", "Home" and "Sweet Caroline".
On December 5, 2010, Glee Cast performed the song on the UK version of The X Factor.
Personnel[edit]
From the album Glee: The Music, Volume 1:
Lea Michele
Cory Monteith
From the EP Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals:
Chris Colfer
Kevin McHale
Lea Michele
Cory Monteith
Amber Riley
Naya Rivera
Mark Salling
Jenna Ushkowitz
From the Tour Glee Live! In Concert! & CD/DVD Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Dianna Agron
Chris Colfer
Ashley Fink
Kevin McHale
Lea Michele
Cory Monteith
Heather Morris
Chord Overstreet
Amber Riley
Naya Rivera
Mark Salling
Harry Shum, Jr.
Jenna Ushkowitz
See also[edit]
List of best-selling singles
List of best-selling singles in the United States
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The Best Years of Our Lives
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The Best Years of Our Lives
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
William Wyler
Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn
Screenplay by
Robert E. Sherwood
Based on
Glory for Me
1945 novella
by MacKinlay Kantor
Starring
Myrna Loy
Fredric March
Dana Andrews
Teresa Wright
Virginia Mayo
Harold Russell
Music by
Hugo Friedhofer
Emil Newman
Cinematography
Gregg Toland
Edited by
Daniel Mandell
Production
company
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by
RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
November 21, 1946 (1946-11-21) (United States)
Running time
172 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$2.1 million[1] or $3 million[2]
Box office
$23.7 million[3]
Standing, L-R: Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright; seated at piano: Hoagy Carmichael
The Best Years of Our Lives (aka Glory for Me and Home Again) is a 1946 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, and Harold Russell. The film is about three United States servicemen readjusting to civilian life after coming home from World War II. Samuel Goldwyn was inspired to produce a film about veterans after reading an August 7, 1944, article in Time about the difficulties experienced by men returning to civilian life. Goldwyn hired former war correspondent MacKinlay Kantor to write a screenplay. His work was first published as a novella, Glory for Me, which Kantor wrote in blank verse.[4][5][6][7] Robert E. Sherwood then adapted the novella as a screenplay.[7]
The Best Years of Our Lives won seven Academy Awards in 1946, including Best Picture, Best Director (William Wyler), Best Actor (Fredric March), Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell), Best Film Editing (Daniel Mandell), Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert E. Sherwood), and Best Original Score (Hugo Friedhofer).[8] In addition to its critical success, the film quickly became a great commercial success upon release. It became the highest-grossing film and most attended film in both the United States and UK since the release of Gone with the Wind, selling approximately 55 million tickets in the United States [9] which equaled a gross of $23,650,000.[10] It remains the sixth most-attended film of all time in the UK, with over 20 million tickets sold[11] and ticket sales exceeding US$20.4 million.[12]
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception
4.1 Critical response
4.2 Popular response
4.3 Awards and honors
5 References
5.1 Notes
5.2 Citations
5.3 Bibliography
6 External links
Plot[edit]
After World War II, Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), Homer Parrish (Harold Russell), and Al Stephenson (Fredric March) meet while flying home to Boone City. Fred is returning from Europe as a decorated captain and bombardier from the Eighth Air Force. Homer was a petty officer in the Seventh Fleet when he lost both hands from burns suffered when his fleet aircraft carrier was sunk, and now uses mechanical hook prostheses. Al served with the 25th Infantry as a platoon sergeant in the Pacific. All three have trouble adjusting to civilian life.
Al has a comfortable home and a loving family: wife Milly (Myrna Loy), adult daughter Peggy (Teresa Wright), and high school student son Rob (Michael Hall). He is promoted to Vice President in charge of small loans. The bank president views his military experience as valuable in dealing with other returning servicemen. When Al approves a loan (without collateral) to a young Navy veteran, however, the president advises him against making a habit of it. Later, at a banquet held in his honor, a slightly inebriated Al expounds his belief that the bank (and America) must stand with the vets who risked everything to defend the country and give them every chance to rebuild their lives.
Before the war, Fred had been an unskilled drugstore soda jerk. He wants something better, but the tight postwar job market forces him to return to his old job. Fred had met Marie (Virginia Mayo) while in flight training and married her shortly afterward, before shipping out less than a month later. She became a nightclub waitress while Fred was overseas. Marie makes it clear she does not enjoy being married to a lowly soda jerk.
Homer was a football quarterback and became engaged to his next door neighbor, Wilma (Cathy O'Donnell), before joining the Navy. Both Homer and his parents now have trouble dealing with his disability. He does not want to burden Wilma with his handicap so he eventually pushes her away, although she still wants to marry him.
Peggy meets Fred while bringing her father home from a bar where the three men meet once again. They are attracted to each other. Peggy dislikes Marie, and informs her parents she intends to end Fred and Marie's marriage, but they tell her that their own marriage overcame similar problems. Concerned, Al demands that Fred stop seeing his daughter. Fred agrees, but the friendship between the two men is strained.
At the drugstore, an obnoxious customer, who claims that the war was fought against the wrong enemies, gets into a fight with Homer. Fred intervenes and knocks the man into a glass counter, costing him his job. Later, Fred encourages Homer to put his misgivings behind him and marry Wilma, offering to be his best man.
One evening, Wilma visits Homer and tells him that her parents want her to leave Boone City for an extended period to try to forget him. Homer bluntly demonstrates to her how hard life with him would be. When Wilma is undaunted, Homer reconsiders.
On arriving home, Fred discovers his wife with another veteran (Steve Cochran). After complaining to Fred that she has "given up the best years of my life," Marie tells him that she is getting a divorce. Fred decides to leave town, and gives his father his medals and citations. His father is unable to persuade Fred to stay. After Fred leaves, his father reads the citation for his Distinguished Flying Cross as composed by General Doolittle. At the airport, Fred books space on the first outbound aircraft, without regard for the destination. While waiting, he wanders into a vast aircraft boneyard. Inside the nose of a B-17, he relives the intense memories of combat. The boss of a work crew rouses him from his flashback. When the man says the aluminum from the aircraft is being salvaged to build housing, Fred persuades the boss to hire him.
At the bride's home, people have gathered for the wedding of Homer and Wilma. Fred, now divorced, is Homer's best man. While the vows are exchanged Fred and Peggy glance across at one another. At the conclusion everyone gathers around the newlyweds. Still gazing over at Peggy, Fred walks across the room, takes her in his arms and kisses her. He asks if she understands how things will be for them, that it will be a hard struggle at first, and that it could take years before they can get a life established. All the while Peggy smiles fondly at Fred, and then kisses him again.
Cast[edit]
Myrna Loy as Milly Stephenson
Fredric March as Platoon Sergeant Al Stephenson
Dana Andrews as Captain Fred Derry
Teresa Wright as Peggy Stephenson
Virginia Mayo as Marie Derry
Cathy O'Donnell as Wilma Cameron
Hoagy Carmichael as Uncle Butch Engle
Harold Russell as Petty Officer 2nd Class Homer Parrish
Gladys George as Hortense Derry
Roman Bohnen as Pat Derry
Ray Collins as Mr. Milton
Victor Cutler as Woody Merrill
Minna Gombell as Mrs. Parrish
Walter Baldwin as Mr. Parrish
Steve Cochran as Cliff
Dorothy Adams as Mrs. Cameron
Don Beddoe as Mr. Cameron
Marlene Aames as Luella Parrish
Charles Halton as Prew
Ray Teal as Mr. Mollett
Howland Chamberlain as Thorpe
Dean White as Novak
Erskine Sanford as Bullard
Michael Hall as Rob Stephenson
Robert Karnes as Technical Sergeant
Casting brought together established stars as well as character actors and relative unknowns. Famed drummer Gene Krupa was seen in archival footage, while Tennessee Ernie Ford, later a famous television star, appeared as an uncredited "hillbilly singer" (in the first of his only three film appearances).[Note 1] Blake Edwards, later notable as a film producer and director, appeared fleetingly as an uncredited "Corporal". Wyler's daughters, Catherine and Judy, were cast as uncredited customers seen in the department store where Fred Derry works. Sean Penn's father, Leo, played the uncredited part of the soldier working as the scheduling clerk at the beginning of the film.
Teresa Wright was only thirteen years younger than her on-screen mother, played by Myrna Loy. Michael Hall, with his role as Fredric Marsh's on-screen son, is absent after the first one-third of the film.
Production[edit]
Director Wyler had flown combat missions over Europe in filming Memphis Belle (1944) and worked hard to get accurate depictions of the combat veterans he had encountered. Wyler changed the original casting that had featured a veteran suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and sought out Harold Russell, a non-actor to take on the exacting role of Homer Parrish.[13]
For The Best Years of Our Lives, he asked the principal actors to purchase their own clothes, in order to connect with daily life and produce an authentic feeling. Other Wyler touches included constructing life-size sets, which went against the standard larger sets that were more suited to camera positions. The impact for the audience was immediate, as each scene played out in a realistic, natural way.[13]
The Best Years of Our Lives began filming on April 15, 1946 at a variety of locations, including the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California, Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, and the Samuel Goldwyn/Warner Hollywood Studios.[13] The Best Years of Our Lives is notable for cinematographer Gregg Toland's use of deep focus photography, in which objects both close to and distant from the camera are in sharp focus.[14] For the passage of Fred Derry's reliving a combat mission while sitting in the remains of a former bomber, Wyler used "zoom" effects to simulate Derry's subjective state.[15]
The fictional Boone City was patterned after Cincinnati, Ohio.[6] The "Jackson High" football stadium seen early in aerial footage of the bomber flying over the Boone City, is Corcoran Stadium located at Xavier University in Cincinnati. A few seconds later Walnut Hills High School with its distinctive dome and football field can be seen along with the downtown Cincinnati skyline (Carew Tower and PNC Tower) in the background.[16]
After the war, the combat aircraft featured in the film were being destroyed and disassembled for reuse as scrap material. The scene of Derry's walking among aircraft ruins was filmed at the Ontario Army Air Field in Ontario, California. The former training facility had been converted into a scrap yard, housing nearly 2,000 former combat aircraft in various states of disassembly and reclamation.[13]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Upon its release, The Best Years of Our Lives received extremely positive reviews from critics. Shortly after its premiere at the Astor Theater, New York, Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times, hailed the film as a masterpiece. He wrote,
It is seldom that there comes a motion picture which can be wholly and enthusiastically endorsed not only as superlative entertainment but as food for quiet and humanizing thought... In working out their solutions Mr. Sherwood and Mr. Wyler have achieved some of the most beautiful and inspiring demonstrations of human fortitude that we have had in films." He also said the ensemble casting gave the "'best' performance in this best film this year from Hollywood."[17]
Several decades later, film critic David Thomson offered tempered praise: "I would concede that Best Years is decent and humane... acutely observed, despite being so meticulous a package. It would have taken uncommon genius and daring at that time to sneak a view of an untidy or unresolved America past Goldwyn or the public."[18]
The Best Years of Our Lives has a 98% "Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 37 reviews.[19] Chicago Sun Times film critic Roger Ebert put the film on his "Great Movies" list in 2007, calling it "...modern, lean, and honest."[20]
Popular response[edit]
The Best Years of Our Lives was a massive commercial success, earning an estimated $11.5 million at the North American box office during its initial theatrical run.[21][22] When box office prices are adjusted for inflation, it remains one of the top 100 grossing films in U.S. history.
Among films released before 1950, only Gone With the Wind, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Big Parade and four Disney titles have done more total business, in part due to later re-releases. (Reliable box office figures for certain early films such as The Birth of a Nation and Charlie Chaplin's comedies are unavailable.)[23]
However, because of the distribution arrangement RKO had with Goldwyn, RKO recorded a loss of $660,000 on the film.[24]
Awards and honors[edit]
1947 Academy Awards
The Best Years of Our Lives received nine Academy Awards. Fredric March won his second Best Actor award (also having won in 1932 for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde).
Despite his Oscar-nominated performance, Harold Russell was not a professional actor. As the Academy Board of Governors considered him a long shot to win, they gave him an honorary award "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance." When Russell in fact won Best Supporting Actor, there was an enthusiastic response. He is the only actor to have received two Academy Awards for the same performance. In 1992, Russell sold his Best Supporting Actor award at auction for $60,500 ($105,500 today), to pay his wife's medical bills.[25]
Award
Result
Winner
Best Motion Picture Won Samuel Goldwyn Productions (Samuel Goldwyn, Producer)
Best Director Won William Wyler
Best Actor Won Fredric March
Best Writing (Screenplay) Won Robert E. Sherwood
Best Supporting Actor Won Harold Russell
Best Film Editing Won Daniel Mandell
Best Music (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) Won Hugo Friedhofer
Best Sound Recording Nominated Gordon E. Sawyer
Winner was John P. Livadary – The Jolson Story
Honorary Award Won To Harold Russell
Memorial Award Won Samuel Goldwyn
Some posters say the film won nine Academy Awards due to the honorary award won by Harold Russell, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award won by Samuel Goldwyn, in addition to its seven awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, and Best Music Score.
1947 Golden Globe Awards
Won: Best Dramatic Motion Picture
Won: Special Award for Best Non-Professional Acting – Harold Russell
1947 Brussels World Film Festival
Won: Best Actress Of The Year – Myrna Loy
1948 BAFTA Awards
Won: BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source
Other wins
National Board of Review: NBR Award Best Director, William Wyler; 1946.
New York Film Critics Circle Awards: NYFCC Award Best Director, William Wyler; Best Film; 1946.
Bodil Awards: Bodil; Best American Film, William Wyler; 1948.
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain: CEC Award; Best Foreign Film, USA; 1948.
In 1989, the National Film Registry selected it for preservation in the United States Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
American Film Institute included the film as #37 in its 1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, as #11 in its 2006 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers, and as #37 in its 2007 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition).
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ At the time the film was shot, Ford was unknown as a singer. He worked in San Bernardino as a radio announcer-disc jockey.
Citations[edit]
Jump up ^ Thomson 1993, pp 490–491.
Jump up ^ vhttps://archive.org/stream/variety165-1947-01#page/n85/mode/1up
Jump up ^ " 'Best Years of Our Lives' (1946)." Box Office Mojo. Retrieved: February 4, 2010.
Jump up ^ Kantor, MacKinlay (1945). Glory for Me. Coward-McCann. OCLC 773996.
Jump up ^ Easton, Carol (2014). "The Best Years". The Search for Sam Goldwyn. Carl Rollyson (contributor). Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62674-132-4. Andrews looked at the onionskin pages and asked, 'Mac, why did you write this in blank verse?' 'Dana', said Kantor with a wry smile, 'I can't afford to write in blank verse, because nobody buys anything written in blank verse. But when Sam asked me to write this story, he didn't tell me not to write it in blank verse!'
^ Jump up to: a b Orriss 1984, p. 119.
^ Jump up to: a b Levy, Emanuel (April 4, 2015). "Oscar History: Best Picture–Best Years of Our Lives (1946)" (review). Emanuel Levy: Cinema 24/7. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
Jump up ^ "The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners." oscars.org. Retrieved: November 20, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Domestic Total: Estimated tickets: 'The Best Years of Our Lives'." Box Office Mojo. Retrieved: February 10, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Box office: 'The Best Years of Our Lives'." Box Office Mojo. Retrieved: February 10, 2015.
Jump up ^ "BFI'S Ultimate Film Chart." BFi.org.uk. Retrieved: July 27, 2010. Archived March 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Top 100 films." Channel 4. Retrieved: October 25, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Orriss 1984, p. 121.
Jump up ^ Kehr, Dave. "'The Best Years of Our Lives'." The Chicago Reader. Retrieved: April 26, 2007.
Jump up ^ Orriss 1984, pp. 121–122.
Jump up ^ "Trivia: 'The Best Years of Our Lives'." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: February 10, 2015.
Jump up ^ Crowther, Bosley. The Best Years of our Lives. The New York Times, November 22, 1946. Retrieved: April 26, 2007.
Jump up ^ Thomson, 2002, p. 949. 4th Edition; the first edition was published in 1975. See Thomson, David (1975). A Biographical Dictionary of the Cinema. London: Secker & Warburg. OCLC 1959828.
Jump up ^ " 'The Best Years of Our Lives'." Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved: July 30, 2010.
Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)." Chicago Sun Times, December 29, 2007. Retrieved: November 20, 2011.
Jump up ^ "All Time Domestic Champs". Variety, January 6, 1960, p. 34.
Jump up ^ "Top Grossers of 1947", Variety, 7 January 1948 p 63
Jump up ^ "All-time Films (adjusted)." Box Office Mojo. Retrieved: September 19, 2010.
Jump up ^ Richard B. Jewell, Slow Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures, Uni of California, 2016
Jump up ^ Bergan, Ronald. "Obituary: Harold Russell; Brave actor whose artificial hands helped him win two Oscars." The Guardian, February 6, 2002. Retrieved: June 12, 2012.
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Dolan, Edward F. Jr. Hollywood Goes to War. London: Bison Books, 1985. ISBN 0-86124-229-7.
Flood, Richard. "Reel crank – critic Manny Farber." Artforum, Volume 37, Issue 1, September 1998. ISSN 0004-3532.
Hardwick, Jack and Ed Schnepf. "A Viewer's Guide to Aviation Movies", in The Making of the Great Aviation Films. General Aviation Series, Volume 2, 1989.
Kinn, Gail and Jim Piazza. The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2008. ISBN 978-1-57912-772-5.
Orriss, Bruce. When Hollywood Ruled the Skies: The Aviation Film Classics of World War II. Hawthorn, California: Aero Associates Inc., 1984. ISBN 0-9613088-0-X; OCLC 11709474
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Thomson, David. "Wyler, William". The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. 4th Edition. London: Little, Brown, 2002. ISBN 0-316-85905-2.
External links[edit]
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The Best Years of Our Lives film article at Reel Classics. Includes MP3s
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