The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 American English-language Drama Romance motion picture starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Harold Russell and Judy Wyler. The movie is based on Glory for Me 1945 novella by MacKinlay Kantor. Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed. Samuel Goldwyn Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Samuel Goldwyn. The Best Years of Our Lives is written by Robert E. Sherwood and Mackinlay Kantor and it is directed by William Wyler. RKO Radio Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The motion picture has a running time of 172 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Best Years of Our Lives was made on a budget of $2 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $23 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Robert E. Sherwood. Cinematography was done by Gregg Toland and editing by Daniel Mandell. The music was composed by Hugo Friedhofer along with Emil Newman. At the 1947 Oscar Awards It won 7 awards including: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Fredric March), Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Picture (Harold Russell), Best Director, Best Writing, Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.
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