The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Original title	The Best Years of Our Lives
Swedish release title	De bästa åren
Working title	Glory for Me Home Again

Director	William Wyler
Screenplay	Robert E. Sherwood
Producer	Samuel Goldwyn
Director of Photography	Gregg Toland
Music	Hugo Friedhofer
Production Designer	Perry Ferguson George Jenkins
Film Editor	Daniel Mandell
Production Mixer	Richard DeWeese Gordon Sawyer (övervakare - ej krediterad) Larry Gannon (ej krediterad)
Assistant Director	Jonathan C. Boyle (ej krediterad)
Special Effects	John P. Fulton (as John Fulton) (ej krediterad) Harry Redmond Sr. (ej krediterad)
Executive Producer	Samuel Goldwyn (presenter)
Production Assistant	Lester Koenig (ej krediterad)
Aerial Photography	Paul Mantz (ej krediterad)
Key Grip	Truman Joiner (as E. Truman Joiner) (ej krediterad)
Orchestration	Sidney Cutner (ej krediterad) Jerome Moross (ej krediterad) Edward B. Powell (ej krediterad) Leo Shuken (ej krediterad)
Musical Director	Emil Newman
Set Decorator	Julia Heron
Costume Designer	Irene Sharaff (as Sharaff)
Make-up Supervisor	Robert Stephanoff
Hair Stylist	Marie Clark
Storyboard	Dorothea Holt (illustrator - ej krediterad)
Titles	Dale Tate (ej krediterad)

Myrna Loy	Milly Stephenson
Fredric March	Al Stephenson
Teresa Wright	Peggy Stephenson
	Peggy Stephenson
Dana Andrews	Fred Derry
Virginia Mayo	Marie Derry
Cathy O'Donnell	Wilma Cameron
Hoagy Carmichael	Butch Engle
Harold Russell	Homer Parrish
Gladys George	Hortense Derry
Roman Bohnen	Pat Derry
Roy Collins	Mr. Milton
Minna Gombell	Mrs. Parrish
Walter Baldwin	Mr. Parrish
Steve Cochran	Cliff
Dorothy Adams	Mrs. Cameron
Don Beddoe	Mr. Cameron
Marlene Aames	Luella Parrish
Charles Halton	Prew
Ray Teal	Mr. Mollett
Howland Chamberlain	Thorpe
Dean White	Novak
Erskine Sanford	Bullard
Michael Hall	Rob Stephenson
Victor Cutler	Woody
-	Ej krediterade:
Norman Phillips Jr.	Clarence "Sticky" Merkle
Teddy Infuhr	Dexter, kille i drugstore
Clancy Cooper	taxichauffören
Ralph Sanford	Mr. George H. Gibbons
Robert Karnes	flygöverfurir
Bert Conway	flygöverfurir (ATC sergeant)
Blake Edwards	korpral vid Air Training Corps (ATC)
John Tyrrell	Angus, "Gus", Butchs uppassare
Donald Kerr	Steve, bartender
Jack Rice	kontorstjänsteman
Ruth Sanderson	Mrs. Garrett
Ben Erway	Latham
Claire Du Brey (as Claire DuBrey)	Mrs. Talburt, kund vid parfymdisken
Harry Cheshire	bröllopsprästen
Pat Flaherty	bärgningsförman
James Ames	Jackie
Carol Andrews	expedit
Mary Arden	Miss Barbour
Sidney Clute	drugstoreexpedit
Joyce Compton	flicka i garderoben
James Conaty	man vid bankmiddagen
Heinie Conklin	kund
Mady Correll	annonsör
Roy Darmour	parkeringsvakt
Hal K. Dawson	man på flygplatsen
Lester Dorr	man i baren
Tom Dugan	dörrvakt
Edward Earle	Steese
Billy Engle	kund
Ben Erway	Lou Latham
Doris June Fesetta	kameraflickan
Tennessee Ernie Ford	nattklubbssångaren
Louise Franklin	uppassare på damtoaletten
Harry Gillette	kortspelare hos Lucia's
Dick Gordon	hovmästare
Earle Hodgins	servitör på Lucia's
Stuart Holmes	bröllopsgäst
Ray Hyke	Gus, förman
John Ince	Ryan
Jackie Jackson	en pojke
Kenner G. Kemp	man vid bankmiddagen
Alyn Lockwood	flicka i kassan
Susan Mann	annonsör
Michael Mauree	glamorös flicka
Doreen McCann	en flicka
Peggy McIntyre	flicka i glassbaren
Chef Milani	Giuseppe, ägaren till Lucia's Restaurant
Harold Miller	förmögen man på nattklubben
Ernesto Morelli	kortspelare
William "Billy" Newell	servitör vid bankmiddagen
George Nokes	en av Homers "ungar"
William H. O'Brien	kypare på nattklubben
Joe Palma	kortspelare
Leo Penn	korpral vid Air Training Corps (ATC)
Caleb Peterson	svart soldat på flygfältet
Suzanne Ridgeway	flicka vid Cliffs bord
Mickey Roth	pojke på glassbaren
Noreen Sayles	en flicka
Stephen Soldi	kortspelare
Amelita Ward	kvinna i kassan
Jan Wiley	expedit i perfymdisken
Marek Windheim	servitör på Lucia's Restaurant
Catherine Wyler	liten flicka i varuhuset
Judy Wyler	liten flicka i varuhuset
Gene Krupa	Gene Krupa		(arkivbilder)
Georgia Caine	Georgia Caine		(arkivbilder)

Production Company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions Inc.
Copyright	Samuel Goldwyn Productions Inc.	1946-11-22	LP787
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	RKO Radio Films AB	1947
	Wivefilm Distribution AB	1959

Censorship number	72593
Date	1959-02-10
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	4650 meters

Censorship number	72593
Date	1947-10-04
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	4650 meters

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	172 min

Original title	Glory for Me (Novel)
Author	MacKinlay Kantor

				1946-04-15	1946-08-09
United Artists Studios, 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA	(ateljé)
Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA	(ateljé)
The Lot, 1041 N. Formosa Avenue	West Hollywood, Kalifornien	USA	(ateljé)
Long Beach Airport	Long Beach, Kalifornien
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden	Arcadia, Kalifornien	USA
Ontario Internaitonal Airport	Ontario, Kalifornien	USA

First showing	1946-11-21	Astor Theatre	New York City, New York	USA	172 min
Release in Sweden	1947-11-17	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	170 min
TV showing	1979-04-07	TV2		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2001-05-10
Cinematheque screening	2015-03-07	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-03-07
	2015-03-17
	2015-03-24
	2021-10-16			Sweden
	2021-10-26

Original title	Among My Souvenirs
Composer	Lawrence Wright	(1927)
Lyrics	Edgar Leslie	(1927)
Performed by	Hoagy Carmichael	(piano)

Academy Award of Merit	Hollywood	1946			(bästa film)

Precious Images (1986)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	4631

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm

Script type	Cutting continuity

Script type	Cutting continuity

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck

Type	Program folio