79: The Best Years Of Our Lives

On this day 79 years ago (November 21, 1946) “The Best Years of Our Lives” was released, a Film dealing with the problems that three WW2 Veterans faced readjusting to Civilian Life.

Harold Russell, who had lost both hands during a wartime training accident, was the only nonprofessional Actor in the Cast yet he won a Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

I have seen this movie many times and even though it is from the 1940s it does a really good job showing what Veterans (Disabled and Non-Disabled) have to deal with when leaving the Military and becoming a Civilian again.

It earned $23 Million Dollars ($351,501,333 in today’s money) off of a Budget of $2 Million ($30,565,333.33 in today’s money.)

In 1989, “The Best Years of Our Lives” was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

Harold Russell died in 2002 at 88 years old.