Tonight on TV: Great classics of American cinema at the 7th Academy Awards

With a Time magazine article about the difficult reintegration of soldiers into civilian life, famed producer Samuel Goldwyn buys the rights to “Glory to meMcKinlay Cantor’s novel in verse, dealing with the same theme, for big screen adaptation under the title The best years of our lives.

He appoints William Wyler as director: a war correspondent for three years, the latter suffered significant hearing loss on his right side while filming a bombing raid in June 1944. His own experience certainly contributes to the authenticity of the production, as does Harold Russell, the non-professional actor who plays the supporting role of Homer Parrish. By hiring him, William Wyler makes his character an amputee and no longer a person with motor disabilities, as was intended in the script. Indeed, Harold Russell is a former paratrooper who lost the use of both hands during World War II.

released in 1946, The best years of our lives, with its pacifist and anti-nuclear tirades, reflects the period it sits in, forward-looking and reconstructionist. In fact, the feature film is the biggest hit of the decade at the American box office. It won Best Picture statues at the Oscars (where it walked away with six other awards), the BAFTAs and the Golden Globes. on AlloCine, The best years of our lives Has an average viewer rating of 4.2 out of 5.

The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler with Myrna Loy, Fredric Marchi, Dana Andrews…

Tonight on Arte at 20:50.