The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives was a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an airman, a soldier and a sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from WWII. It was based on a novel by McKinley Kantor, Glory for Me. The large cast included Frederic March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright and Hoagy Carmichael.

The film received seven Academy Awards and Harold Russell, who lost both hands in the war and played an amputee, received an honorary award "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance" in the movie.

• Academy Award for Best Picture - Samuel Goldwyn producer
• Academy Award for Best Actor - Frederic March
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Harold Russell
• Academy Award for Directing - William Wyler
• Best Film Editing - Daniel Mandell
• Best Music Scoring - Hugo Friedhofer
• Best Writing, Screenplay - Robert H, Sherwood

It was nominated for one further award

• Best Sound Recording - Gordon Sawyer

The film has also been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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