#daniel mandell

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You Only Live Once (Fritz Lang, 1937).

[gregorygalloway]

The Best Year’s of Our Lives premiered in New York City on 21 November 1946.

After reading an article in Time magazine about the difficulties experienced by WWII servicemen returning to civilian life, producer Samuel Goldwyn was determined to make a film about veterans. He hired war correspondent MacKinlay Kantor, who instead of writing a screenplay, wrote a novel in blank verse, Glory for Me (1945). Robert Sherwood was then hired to turn the novel into a screenplay.

Director William Wyler (who had flown combat missions over Europe) made additional changes, including casting Harold Russell (who had lost both hands in an explosive accident while he was an Army instructor) as a disabled veteran.

The Best Year’s of Our Lives was an immediate critical and commercial success (not only the highest-grossing film of 1946, but the highest-grossing film of the 1940s).

It received 8 Academy Award nominations, and received 9 (2 honorary awards). It received Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Fredric March), Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell, who also received an honorary award "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance"), Best Screenplay, Best Editing (Daniel Mandell), and Best Score (Hugo Friedhofer).

[genevieveetguy]

When you're in love with a married man, you shouldn't wear mascara.

The Apartment, Billy Wilder (1960)

[sesiondemadrugada]

The North Star (Lewsis Milestone, 1943).

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Edge of Doom (Mark Robson, 1950).

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Edge of Doom (Mark Robson, 1950).

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Wuthering Heights (William Wyler, 1939).

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Wuthering Heights (William Wyler, 1939).