Downey City Library

Format:

Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Best years of our lives (Motion picture)

Title:

The best years of our lives / directed by William Wyler ; produced by Sanuel Goldwyn ; screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood.

Publisher, Date:

Burbank, CA : Warner Brothers Entertainment, [2020]

Description:

1 Blu-ray disc (170 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Drama.

Veterans -- United States -- Drama.

Nineteen forties -- Drama.

Nineteen forties.

Veterans.

United States.

World War (1939-1945)

Genre:

Drama.

Other Author:

Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955, screenwriter.

Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974, producer.

Wyler, William, 1902-1981, director.

Loy, Myrna, 1905-1993, actor.

March, Fredric, 1897-1975, actor.

Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992, actor.

Wright, Teresa, 1918-2005, actor.

Mayo, Virginia, 1920-2005, actor.

O'Donnell, Cathy, 1925-1970, actor.

Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981, actor.

George, Gladys, 1904-1954, actor.

Russell, Harold, 1914-2002, actor.

Bohnen, Roman, 1894-1949, actor.

Collins, Ray, 1889-1965, actor.

Cutler, Victor, 1914-1979, actor.

Toland, Gregg., director of photography.

Mandell, Daniel., film editor.

Adaptation of (work): Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977. Glory for me.

Notes:

Based on the novel, Glory for me by MacKinlay Kantor.

Originally released as motion picture in 1946.

Director of photography, Gregg Toland ; film editor, Daniel Mandell ; music, Hugo Friedhofer.

Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Hoagy Carmichael, Gladys George, Harold Russell, Roman Bohnen, Ray Collins, Victor Cutler.

Blu-ray, 1080p high definition 16x9 1.27:1, DTS-HD master audio English 1.0 mono.

English, Subtitles: English SDH, Français & Español.

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.

Publisher or Distributor Number:

2000077314

Other Number:

1237373424

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