November 21 1946 

Written by Robert E. Sherwood, from the 1945 novella Glory For Me by MacKinlay Kantor, and directed by William Wyler, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES premieres in New York. Dana Andrews, Frederic March and Harold Russell star as three servicemen who return home at war's end and try to shoehorn themselves back into the quotidian rhythm of their former lives. Co-starring Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright and Virginia Mayo, Wyler's meticulously crafted, profoundly poignant, timeless classic wins 7 Academy Awards.

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