21 Nov 1946
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an American drama film about three servicemen trying to piece their lives back together after coming home from World War II.
Samuel Goldwyn was motivated to produce the film after his wife Frances read an August 7, 1944 article in Time magazine about the difficulties experienced by war veterans returning to civilian life. Goldwyn hired former war correspondent MacKinlay Kantor to write the story, which ...
Fredric March Events
| 1931 Dec 31 |
"Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde" Is Released
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) is a horror film directed by Rouben Mamoulian. and starring Fredric March. The film is an adaptation of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), th...
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| 1935 Apr 20 |
"Les Miserables" Is Released
Les Misérables is a 1935 United States drama film based upon the famous Victor Hugo novel of the same name. It was adapted by W. P. Lipscomb and directed by Richard Boleslawski. This was ...
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| 1941 Oct 2 |
"One Foot In Heaven" Is Released
One Foot in Heaven is a 1941 biographical film which follows the life of a minister and his family as they move from parish to parish. It stars Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, ...
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| 1946 Nov 21 |
"The Best Years Of Our Lives" Is Released
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an American drama film about three servicemen trying to piece their lives back together after coming home from World War II.
Samuel Goldwyn was mo...
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| 1947 Mar 13 |
19th Academy Awards
The 19th Academy Awards continued a trend through the late-1940s of the Oscar voters honoring films about contemporary social issues. The Best Years of Our Lives concerns the lives of thr...
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| 1951 |
"Death Of A Salesman" Is Released
Death of a Salesman is a 1951 film adapted from the play of the same name by Arthur Miller. It was directed by László Benedek and written for the screen by Stanley Roberts. It received nu...
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| 1953 Mar 19 |
25th Academy Awards
The 25th Academy Awards honoring the best movies of 1952, were held on March 19, 1953, from the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California and the NBC International Theatre, New York, ...
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| 1954 Mar 25 |
26th Academy Awards
The 26th Academy Awards honored the best in films of 1953.
The second national telecast of the Awards show draws an estimated 43,000,000 viewers. Shirley Booth, appearing in a play in ...
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| 1960 Oct 12 |
"Inherit The Wind" Is Released
Inherit the Wind is a 1960 Hollywood film adaptation of the play of the same name, directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy (Drummond) and Fredric March (Brady), and featurin...
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