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Title The best years of our lives / [presented by] Samuel Goldwyn [Pictures Corporation] ; screen play by Robert E. Sherwood ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn ; directed by William Wyler.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment [distributor], 2006.
©1946

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  DVD BEST    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD BEST    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Lobby  CLA DVD BES    DUE 04-16-24
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD BEST    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (168 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD; Dolby digital mono; standard version.
Cast Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Gladys George, Roman Bohnen, Ray Collins, Victor Cutler.
Credits Director of photography, Gregg Toland; film editor, Daniel Mandell; music, Hugo Friedhofer.
Note Originally released as motion picture in 1946.
Based on the novel, Glory for me by MacKinlay Kantor.
Audience Not rated.
Summary Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands.
Note Special feature: Theatrical trailer.
Awards Academy Awards (1947): Honorary award (Russell), Best actor (March), Best director, Best film editing, Best music, Best picture, Best supporting actor (Russell), Best writing, screenplay.
Language In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Drama.
Nineteen forties -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
War films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955.
Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974.
Wyler, William, 1902-1981.
Loy, Myrna, 1905-1993.
March, Fredric, 1897-1975.
Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992.
Wright, Teresa, 1918-2005.
Mayo, Virginia, 1920-2005.
O'Donnell, Cathy, 1925-1970.
Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981.
Russell, Harold, 1914-2002.
George, Gladys, 1904-1954.
Bohnen, Roman, 1894-1949.
Collins, Ray, 1889-1965.
Cutler, Victor, 1914-1979.
Toland, Gregg.
Mandell, Daniel.
Friedhofer, Hugo.
Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977. Glory for me.
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc.
MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
Standard No. 027616850133
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