The best years of our lives
(2015, original release: 1946)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/GOLDEN AGE/BEST

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/GOLDEN AGE/BEST Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[Place of publication not identified] : DVD Video, [2015?]
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (approximately 172 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
9781624042096, 1624042090, 9332412010720
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Based on the novel, Glory for me by MacKinlay Kantor

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

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, Harold Russell, Gladys George, Roman Bohnen, Ray Collins, Victor Cutler

Not rated

DVD; NTSC, all regions, Dolby digital; aspect ratio (4:3)

In English with optional subtitle in Chinese

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

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