"""Screen Directors Playhouse"" presented ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" on NBC. Andrews and Janet Waldo starred in the half-hour adaptation. The Best Years of Our Lives 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,"
"into the '40s, he gradually received more assignments as a composer. In 1942, he composed the score for the film ""Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas"". In 1946, at the behest of Alfred Newman, Friedhofer was hired to compose the score for the 1946 William Wyler directed film, ""The Best Years of Our Lives"", which earned him an Oscar for Best Original Score at the 1947 Academy Awards, beating Bernard Herrmann, Miklós Rózsa, William Walton and Franz Waxman. A new recording of the score, released in 1979 by Entr'acte Recording Society, was favorably received at the time. Friedhofer was also nominated for"
"(1946). Tourneur, Musuraca, Mitchum, and Greer, along with D'Agostino's design group, joined to make the A-budgeted ""Out of the Past"" (1947), now considered one of the greatest of all film noirs. Nicholas Ray began his directing career with the noir ""They Live by Night"" (1948), the first of a number of well-received films he made for RKO. RKO, and the movie industry as a whole, had its most profitable year ever in 1946. A Goldwyn production released by RKO, ""The Best Years of Our Lives"", was the most successful Hollywood film of the decade. But the legal status of the"
"1940s in film Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s. The great actor Humphrey Bogart made his most memorable films in this decade. Frank Capra's masterpiece ""It's a Wonderful Life"" and Orson Welles's masterpiece ""Citizen Kane"" were released. The film noir genre was at its height. Alfred Hitchcock made his American debut with the film ""Rebecca"", and made many classics throughout the 1940s. The most successful film of the decade was Samuel Goldwyn's ""The Best Years of Our Lives""; the film was directed by William Wyler, and starred Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa"
"the film was released under the title ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" (1946), and that details of the story had been changed by the screenwriter Robert Sherwood. Kantor was said to have lost his temper with Goldwyn and walked off the Hollywood lot. The first 15 seconds of the movie note that it is ""based upon a novel by MacKinlay Kantor"", but the novel's title was not given. The film was a commercial and critical success, winning seven Academy Awards. Beginning in 1948, Kantor arranged an intensive period of research with the New York City Police Department (NYCPD). He"
"The Best of Times (film) The Best of Times is a 1986 American comedy-drama film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Ron Shelton. It stars Robin Williams and Kurt Russell as two friends attempting to relive a high school football game. Jack Dundee (Williams) is a banker obsessed with what he considers the most shameful moment in his life: dropping a perfectly thrown pass in the final seconds of the 1972 high school football game between Taft and their arch rivals, Bakersfield, which ended in a scoreless tie. Since that game, Jack has found it impossible to forget this"
"Wright, Virginia Mayo, and Harold Russell. The film won nine Academy Awards. 1940s in film Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s. The great actor Humphrey Bogart made his most memorable films in this decade. Frank Capra's masterpiece ""It's a Wonderful Life"" and Orson Welles's masterpiece ""Citizen Kane"" were released. The film noir genre was at its height. Alfred Hitchcock made his American debut with the film ""Rebecca"", and made many classics throughout the 1940s. The most successful film of the decade was Samuel Goldwyn's ""The Best Years of Our Lives""; the film was directed"
"William Wyler William Wyler (; born Willi Wyler (); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Notable works include ""Ben-Hur"" (1959), ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" (1946), and ""Mrs. Miniver"" (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture in their respective years, making him the only director of three Best Picture winners as of 2018. Wyler received his first Oscar nomination for directing ""Dodsworth"" in 1936, starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor, ""sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness."" Film historian"
"by Dalton Trumbo. Other early films established the pattern of portraying disabled soldiers as ""noble warriors"", confronting and overcoming both physical disability and society's lack of understanding upon their return home. Some examples include ""Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"" (1944), ""Since You Went Away"" (1944), and the groundbreaking ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" (1945). ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" tells the story of several veterans who are disabled in battle, then return home to face their own bitterness and the challenge of reintegrating into society as men with a disability. Some members of the film industry opposed the decision"
"Hitchcock thought Wright was one of the most intelligent actors he had worked with, and through his direction brought out her vivacity, warmth, and youthful idealism—characteristics uncommon in Hitchcock's heroines. In 1946, Wright delivered another notable performance in William Wyler's ""The Best Years of Our Lives"", an award-winning film about the adjustments of servicemen returning home after World War II. Critic James Agee praised her performance in ""The Nation"": Four years later, she would appear in another story of war veterans, Fred Zinnemann's ""The Men"" (1950), which starred Marlon Brando in his film début. In 1947, Wright appeared in the"
"you two guys? You were here on my wedding night!"" Streaming audio It's a Wonderful Life It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ""The Greatest Gift"", which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1945. The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his dreams in order to help others, and whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence shows George"
"It's a Wonderful Life It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ""The Greatest Gift"", which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1945. The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his dreams in order to help others, and whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched, and how different life in his"
"Life"" premiered at the Globe Theatre in New York on December 20, 1946, to mixed reviews. While Capra thought the contemporary critical reviews were either universally negative, or at best dismissive, ""Time"" said, """"It's a Wonderful Life"" is a pretty wonderful movie. It has only one formidable rival (Goldwyn's ""The Best Years of Our Lives"") as Hollywood's best picture of the year. Director Capra's inventiveness, humor, and affection for human beings keep it glowing with life and excitement."" Bosley Crowther, writing for ""The New York Times"", complimented some of the actors, including Stewart and Reed, but concluded that ""the weakness"
"her in her debut film, was Barbra Streisand. For his contributions to the motion picture industry, on February 8, 1960, Wyler has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1731 Vine Street. This is a list of films directed by William Wyler. William Wyler William Wyler (; born Willi Wyler (); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Notable works include ""Ben-Hur"" (1959), ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" (1946), and ""Mrs. Miniver"" (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture in their"
"Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Brothers' biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s. She also co-starred in the 1946 Oscar-winning movie ""The Best Years of Our Lives."" Born Virginia Clara Jones in St. Louis, Missouri, she was the daughter of newspaper reporter Luke and wife, Martha Henrietta (née Rautenstrauch) Jones. Her family had roots back to the earliest days of St Louis, including great-great-great grandfather Captain James Piggott, who founded"
"role was in 1946's highly acclaimed ""The Best Years of Our Lives"", playing Wilma Cameron, the high-school sweetheart of Navy veteran Homer Parrish. Homer was played by real-life World War II veteran and double amputee Harold Russell. O'Donnell was loaned out to RKO for ""They Live by Night"" (1948), one of her most memorable films. Farley Granger played her love interest. The film is widely considered a classic of the ""noir"" genre, and is on the ""Guardian"" list of the top ten noir films. It was directed by Nicholas Ray. The two actors were later re-teamed for ""Side Street"" (1950)."
"Till the End of Time (film) Till the End of Time is a 1946 drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum, and Bill Williams. Released the same year as but preceding the better known ""The Best Years of Our Lives"", it covers much the same topic: the adjustment of World War II veterans to civilian life. It was based on the novel ""They Dream of Home"" by Niven Busch. Unlike the soldier, sailor and airman of ""The Best Years of Our Lives"", the male leads in this film are all U.S. Marines. Frédéric"
"such loud noise that he passed out. When he awoke, he found he was deaf in one ear. Partial hearing with the aid of a hearing aid eventually came back years later. Wyler returned from the War a disabled veteran. Returning from the War and unsure whether he could work again, Wyler turned to a subject that he knew well and directed a film which captured the mood of the nation as it turned to peace after the war, ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" (1946). This story of the homecoming of three veterans from World War II dramatized the"
"reunited with Preminger for ""Fallen Angel"" (1945). Andrews did another war movie with Milestone, ""A Walk in the Sun"" (1945), then was loaned to Walter Wanger for a western, ""Canyon Passage"" (1946). Andrews's second film with William Wyler, also for Goldwyn, was his most successful: ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" (1946), both a popular and a critical success (#37 in the 2007 AFI Top 100 films of all time) and became the role for which Andrews is best known. Andrews appeared in ""Boomerang!"" (1947), directed by Elia Kazan; ""Night Song"" (1947), at RKO; and ""Daisy Kenyon"" (1947) for Preminger."
"his death. Chamberlin died in Oakland, California on September 1, 1984. Howland Chamberlain Howland Chamberlin (August 2, 1911 – September 1, 1984) was an American actor. Howland Chamberlin was born on August 2, 1911 in Bronx, New York City, US. Chamberlin moved in the 1930s from New York to California. He worked at a Federal Theatre Project, where he met his wife Leona, and at the Pasadena Playhouse. He made his film debut in the 1946 drama ""The Best Years of Our Lives"", and the film won seven Oscars. In the next years, he often portrayed nervous figures in film"
"problems of returning veterans in their adjustment back to civilian life. Arguably his most personal film, ""Best Years"" drew on Wyler's own experience returning home to his family after three years on the front. ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" won the Academy Award for Best Director (Wyler's second) and Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as seven other Academy Awards. In 1949 Wyler directed ""The Heiress"", which earned Olivia de Havilland her second Oscar and garnered additional Oscars for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Music. The film is considered by some to be a highlight"
"Dana Andrews Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American film actor and a major Hollywood star during the 1940s. He continued acting in less prestigious roles into the 1980s. The role for which he received the most praise was as war veteran Fred Derry in ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" (1946). Andrews was born on a farmstead near Collins in southern Mississippi in Covington County, the third of 13 children of Charles Forrest Andrews, a Baptist minister, and his wife, the former Annis Speed. The family relocated subsequently to Huntsville in Walker County,"
"II, ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" began filming just over seven months after the war's end, starting 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. In ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" cinematographer Gregg Toland used deep focus photography, in which objects both close to and distant from the camera are in sharp focus. For the passage of Fred Derry's reliving a combat mission while sitting in the remains of a former bomber,"
"Our Lives"" (1946). Leading actors in several of Goldwyn films, especially those directed by Wyler, were also Oscar-nominated for their performances. Throughout the 1930s, he released all his films through United Artists, but beginning in 1941, and continuing almost through the end of his career, Goldwyn released his films through RKO Radio Pictures. In 1946, the year he was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Goldwyn's drama, ""The Best Years of Our Lives"", starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Teresa Wright and Dana Andrews, won the Academy Award for Best"
"Witch"" and ""Blithe Spirit"". Val Lewton also produced a series of atmospheric and influential small-budget horror films, some of the more famous examples being ""Cat People"", ""Isle of the Dead"" and ""The Body Snatcher"". The decade probably also saw the so-called ""women's pictures"", such as ""Now, Voyager"", ""Random Harvest"" and ""Mildred Pierce"" at the peak of their popularity. 1946 saw RKO Radio releasing ""It's a Wonderful Life"" directed by Frank Capra. Soldiers returning from the war would provide the inspiration for films like ""The Best Years of Our Lives"", and many of those in the film industry had served in"
"Bigger Than Life Bigger Than Life is an American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope film made in 1956 directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, who also co-wrote and produced the film, about a school teacher and family man whose life spins out of control upon becoming addicted to cortisone. The film co-stars Barbara Rush as his wife and Walter Matthau as his closest friend, a fellow teacher. Though it was a box-office flop upon its initial release, many modern critics hail it as a masterpiece and brilliant indictment of contemporary attitudes towards mental illness and addiction. In 1963, Jean-Luc Godard"
"wins for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1930s and 40s for films such as ""It's a Wonderful Life"" (1946). Capra produced the four films that were televised from 1956–1958. The second four films were produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, with veteran filmmaker Owen Crump in charge; these were televised between 1958 and 1962. The final film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and televised in 1964. Each special explored a single subject in detail. The host for the first eight films was Dr. Frank C. Baxter, a USC professor of English and television personality who played the"
"1946, proving to be Hollywood’s most profitable year of the decade. For the United States, the propaganda agency that coordinated actions with the film industry was the Office of War Information. The agency worked with film makers to record and photograph wartime activities while regulating its content. The agency worked to display the war in a positive light and censored negative content like pictures of soldier insanity and casualty; pictures of American casualties were banned from being published until 1943. With the growth of the film industry came the growth of the influence of Hollywood celebrities. Hollywood stars appeared in"
"next day in the ""New York Times"". She is buried next to her husband in Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Park in Westlake Village, California. Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Brothers' biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s. She also co-starred in the 1946 Oscar-winning movie ""The Best Years of Our Lives."" Born Virginia Clara Jones in St. Louis, Missouri, she was the daughter of newspaper reporter Luke and wife, Martha"
"The Happiest Days of Your Life The Happiest Days of Your Life is a 1950 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder, based on the play by John Dighton. The two men also wrote the screenplay. It's one of a stable of classic British film comedies produced by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat for British Lion Film Corporation. The film was made on location and at Riverside Studios, London. In several respects, including some common casting, it was a precursor of the more anarchic ""St. Trinian's"" films of the 1950s. Set during September 1939, confusion reigns when St Swithin's Girls'"
"Kaye's leading lady for some musicals, ""Wonder Man"" (1945) and ""The Kid from Brooklyn"" (1946), both very popular. Going against previous stereotype, Mayo accepted the supporting role of unsympathetic, gold-digger Marie Derry in William Wyler's drama ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" (1946) for Goldwyn. Her performance drew favorable reviews from critics, as the film also became the highest-grossing film inside the US since ""Gone with the Wind"". At the zenith of her career, Mayo was seen as the quintessential voluptuous Hollywood beauty. It was said that she ""looked like a pinup painting come to life"". According to widely published"
"The Best Things in Life Are Free (film) The Best Things in Life Are Free is a 1956 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey and Ernest Borgnine as the real-life songwriting team of Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson of the late 1920s and early 1930s; and Sheree North as Kitty Kane, a singer (possibly based on Helen Kane). In 1957, the year after the film was released, it received an Oscar nomination for Lionel Newman in the category of Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. Premiering in September-1956, ""The"
"Howland Chamberlain Howland Chamberlin (August 2, 1911 – September 1, 1984) was an American actor. Howland Chamberlin was born on August 2, 1911 in Bronx, New York City, US. Chamberlin moved in the 1930s from New York to California. He worked at a Federal Theatre Project, where he met his wife Leona, and at the Pasadena Playhouse. He made his film debut in the 1946 drama ""The Best Years of Our Lives"", and the film won seven Oscars. In the next years, he often portrayed nervous figures in film noir. Although Chamberlin's appearance was uncredited, he was memorable as the"