The Best Years of Our Lives 1946

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 172 min

genre: drama

theme: high school

director: William Wyler

Score: 7 / 10

The Best Years of Our Lives (also known as 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 credited for its portrayal of the hardships of the post-war era and reincorporation of men into society after their traumatic terms in the US Military.

Plot

Three returning World War II veterans meet on a flight to their midwestern hometown of Boone City. USAAF bombardier captain Fred Derry had been a drug store soda jerk who lived with his parents on the wrong side of the tracks. Before shipping out, Fred married a gold-digger named Marie after a whirlwind romance. Marie has since been working in a nightclub to fill her time (and her nightlife) in spite of Fred's generous combat pay as an Air Force officer. U.S. Army sergeant Al Stephenson is an executive at a bank whose wife Milly, and their teenage children, Peggy and Rob, live in a luxury apartment. U.S. Navy petty officer Homer Parrish was a star high school athlete living with his middle-class parents and younger sister and dating his next-door neighbor Wilma, whom he intended to marry upon his return from the war.

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author	MacKinlay Kantor Robert E. Sherwood
award	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Film National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
director	William Wyler
editor	Daniel Mandell
events	aviation World War II
genre	drama
keywords	air force aircraft graveyard army sergeant b-17 bar hopping best man binge drinking boeing b-17 flying fortress bombardier captain climb date divorce drink drug store even excessive drinking flashback house inebriate luxury apartment married mechanical hooks midwestern midwestern united states party girl petty officer ptsd sergeant ship soda jerk u.s. army u.s. navy united states army united states army air forces united states navy usaaf wait wed whirlwind romance work experience wrong side of the tracks
musicBy	Hugo Friedhofer
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Samuel Goldwyn
productionCompany	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
publisher	RKO Radio Pictures
theme	high school