Episode 58: THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
We journey back to the end of the Second World War for this week's podcast. Frederic March, Dana Andrews, and Harold Russell star as three service men returning home from war in William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives. The men confront their own wounds as well as the changes in a society that had moved along without them. The classic drama also features Teresa Wright, Myrna Loy, Cathy O'Donnell and Hoagie Carmichael.
Break out your hankies and join us (but see the movie first!). The Best Years of Our Lives won the Best Picture prize for 1946 and ranks #12 on our countdown.*
Spoiler Alert: We talk about the movie in its entirety, so if you haven't yet seen it, check it out. Or not. That ball is in your court.
Come back next week for the granddaddy of Romantic Comedies, Frank Capra's It Happened One Night from 1934.
*What is this list?
We explain it in more detail in our Trailer and its Description, but as a high-level answer: we aggregated several different lists that rank the ninety-four winners of the Best Picture Academy Award in a rough attempt to get a consensus. It is not intended to be rigorous or definitive. It's just a framework to guide our journey through cinema history.