The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives was a 1946 story of three soldiers 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 Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews 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.