1 option
The best years of our lives / [presented by] Samuel Goldwyn [Pictures Corporation] ; screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn ; directed by William Wyler.
LIBRA DVD 012 171
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977--Film adaptations.
- Kantor, MacKinlay.
- Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Nineteen forties--Drama.
- Nineteen forties.
- Veterans.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (168 min) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment [distributor], [2000]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono; standard version.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Three returning veterans of WWII 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.
- Participant:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Loosely based on Glory for me / by MacKinlay Kantor.
- Videodisk release of the motion picture produced in 1946.
- 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.
- Special feature: Theatrical trailer.
- ISBN:
- 0792846133
- OCLC:
- 44613484
- Publisher Number:
- 027616850133
- 1000682 MGM Home Entertainment
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.