On the 1946 set of #TheBestYearsOfOurLives: #DanaAndrews refuses to serve milkshakes to DP #GreggToland and #WilliamWyler. #TCMParty #drugstorecowboy

Haha - at first I thought you were talking about #TheBestYearsOfOurLives - since they're all in that. #TheNoirCollective #TheUnsuspected

Why didn't you tell me about Quink?!

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An ad for Parker Quink pens featuring #DanaAndrews in advance of the November 1946 release of #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty

In mid-October 1946, the first preview of #TheBestYearsofOurLives screened at United Artists Theatre in Long Beach, CA. Of the 314 cards returned, 200+ ranked the movie as "excellent," "very good," "wonderful" and"best ever" despite the long running time. #TCMParty 📷 Mahan Collection

Oct. '47: #HaroldRussell writes "These Are My Hands" for U.S. papers. "If you saw the picture #TheBestYearsofOurLives, you probably felt sorry for the sailor who lost both of his hands. That fellow is me. But I don't feel sorry for myself." #TCMParty #Veterans #DisabilityRights

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#thebestyearsofourlives #williamwyler #myrnaloy #fredricmarch #hoagycarmichael

On the eve of #WorldMentalHealthDay2026, a still from Fred's nightmare in #TheBestYearsOfOurLives. The dramatic sequence required numerous takes partly because of the multiple set-ups ( #DanaAndrews and #TeresaWright in two-shots and separate close-ups, etc.). #TCMParty #PTSD

#HaroldRussell and wife Rita in the Cub Room of the Stork Club in NYC ca. 1946. #TCMParty #TheBestYearsofOurLives #Disability

#TCM Star of the Month #MyrnaLoy describing her performance method shortly after she made #TheBestYearsofOurLives: "I like to play drama under comedy." #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes

A glimpse of #DanaAndrews to start the week! Shown here taking a break on the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives with #WilliamWyler and art director Perry Ferguson. #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes

In the setup to the dramatic soda fountain scene in #TheBestYearsofOurLives, Fred ( #DanaAndrews) makes sundaes for a teen couple. The boy's bubblegum habit was an issue in later shots, with the script clerk writing one take was ruined because he was "chewing gum madly." #TCMParty

A throng of girls swarms #DanaAndrews as he gets some training behind the soda fountain at the Owl Drug store (Hollywood and Vine) in preparation for his role as "drugstore cowboy" Fred Derry in #TheBestYearsofOurLives. 📸 Bettmann #TCMParty

The Wardrobe Plot Book for #TheBestYearsofOurLives was a thick stack of 3-hole scrapbook pages with b/w photos and lots of detail, like which actors wore their own jewelry (Wright) and who wore fingernail polish ( #MyrnaLoy). Here, #TeresaWright wearing one of my fave dresses. #TCMParty

The November '46 premiere for #TheBestYearsofOurLives was a starry event. Even the #DukeandDuchessofWindsor were there (#10) as guests of #SamuelGoldwyn. I just finished Melanie Benjamin's THE WINDSOR AFFAIR & highly recommend to #RoyalUK fans. Juicy historical fiction! #TCMParty

Writing to #FredricMarch before filming on #TheBestYearsOfOurLives, #WilliamWyler reminded him that Al needed to look like he’d been on combat duty in the Pacific. “...very important that your figure suggests a K-ration diet, rather than the '21 Club'." #TCMParty

In June 1947, Anna Mitchell of Staten Island purchased the millionth ticket for #TheBestYearsofOurLives at the Astor Theatre in NYC. James Mulvey, president of #SamuelGoldwyn's company, presented the stunned 72-year-old widow with a silver vanity case. #TCMParty

In his memoir "Victory in My Hands," #HaroldRussell writes about taking piano lessons from co-star #HoagyCarmichael for #TheBestYearsofOurLives. Director #WilliamWyler put the kibosh on Carmichael's acting tips, though, wanting to preserve Russell's naturalness. #TCMParty

#AlfredEisenstaedt's LIFE cover photo of #TeresaWright promoting #TheBestYearsofOurLives in Dec. '46. Although the film was reviewed inside, there was no article about Wright. Instead, the magazine profiled #HaroldRussell in "Handless Veteran." #TCMParty

#SamuelGoldwyn hosted invitation-only previews at the studio for #TheBestYearsofOurLives in 1946. Afterward, guests were handed ecru reply cards not unlike the one below. It had 2 questions: "How did you like TBYOOL?" and "Which individual players did you enjoy most?" #TCMParty