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BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES promo book OR search current auctions Auction History Result #3049 BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 3 promo books Date Sold 9/2/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Set of 3 Original Vintage Theatrical Promotional Movie Booklets (measure 9" x 12", 9 1/4" x 12 1/4", and 11" x 13") (Learn More) Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives, the classic 1946 William Wyler (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) return-from-World War II (WWII) romantic love triangle military veteran melodrama ("From the Novel by MacKinlay Kantor"; "The screen's greatest love story"; "Acclaimed by critics as 'The greatest picture to come from Hollywood in a long time'"; "Love that lives forever! Love that ends in hate!"; "Love that meets the test!"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; about three servicemen returning from World War II and the difficulties they face in returning to civilian life after years at war; one of the three is a man who lost his hands during the war, and he was played by a real life veteran) starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Hoagy Carmichael (the famous singer and composer in a fine acting role), Cathy O'Donnell, Harold Russell (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; the real-life veteran who lost his hands in WWII; he also won an Oscar for being an inspiration to all veterans, which makes him the only actor to win two Oscars for the same role!; O'Donnell & Russell are billed as "And introducing"), Steve Cochran, Gladys George, and Roman Bohnen. Note that this movie premiered in the U.S. in November of 1946 (no doubt to qualify for the Academy Awards), but all of the U.S. paper has a 1947 NSS number. Also note that Gladys George and Roman Bohnen played Dana Andrews' lower class parents, and gave fine performances. It is remarkable that Bohnen (a fine actor who looked much older than his actual age) was only six years older than Andrews, playing his father! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: very good. surface paper loss along the right edge of the cover of one of the books (see the image below) as well as a small amount of paper loss in the upper left edge of the back cover of the "large" book gloss is starting to separate around the edges of the cover of the small book; 1/2" tear in the top of the spine in the cover of one book as well as a few tiny tears around the edges of the books; minor creases, smudges and scuffs throughout the books (more so in the cover of the large book) Learn More about condition grades 
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