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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], [2000]

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 Moore Video  PN1997 .B47 2000    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (168 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
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 a novel 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.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Drama.
World War (1939-1945)
Veterans.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Nineteen forties -- Drama.
Nineteen forties.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Feature films.
War films.
War films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
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.
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc.
MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
ISBN 0792846133
Music No. 1000682 MGM Home Entertainment