Alison Macor
@agmacor.bsky.social
Author of HAIR DOWN, CLAWS OUT: GEORGE CUKOR AND THE MAKING OF THE WOMEN (coming 2026!), MAKING BEST YEARS (now in paperback!), CHAINSAWS, SLACKERS, AND SPY KIDS and REWRITE MAN. PhD. Ghostwriter. Film fan.
January 30, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Today marks the anniversary of #HaroldRussell's death at the age of 88 in 2002. Of Russell, director #WilliamWyler once wrote, "He had a wonderful face which expressed strength, courage and great faith in the future." #TCMParty #TheBestYearsofOurLives #Veterans
January 29, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Today marks the anniversary of #HaroldRussell's death at the age of 88 in 2002. Of Russell, director #WilliamWyler once wrote, "He had a wonderful face which expressed strength, courage and great faith in the future." #TCMParty #TheBestYearsofOurLives #Veterans
A lot was made in the press about the romantic inspo for the naming of Memphis Belle, the B-17 that #WilliamWyler filmed in WWII, but pilot Robert Morgan and Memphian Margaret Polk broke up soon after Morgan’s return. #TCMParty #WWII
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
A lot was made in the press about the romantic inspo for the naming of Memphis Belle, the B-17 that #WilliamWyler filmed in WWII, but pilot Robert Morgan and Memphian Margaret Polk broke up soon after Morgan’s return. #TCMParty #WWII
Pressbook for #TheBestYearsOfOurLives’ engagement in Denmark ca. 1947. Opening line in the booklet: "Krigen er forbi." ("The war is over.") #TCMParty #WWII
January 27, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Pressbook for #TheBestYearsOfOurLives’ engagement in Denmark ca. 1947. Opening line in the booklet: "Krigen er forbi." ("The war is over.") #TCMParty #WWII
During research for my next book about #TheWomen, I spent a day going through #RosalindRussell's collection at #UCLA. A favorite find: A $0.10 check to Columbia Pictures for a phone call Russell made from the studio in 1942. 😏 #TCMParty #nextbook
January 26, 2026 at 1:44 PM
During research for my next book about #TheWomen, I spent a day going through #RosalindRussell's collection at #UCLA. A favorite find: A $0.10 check to Columbia Pictures for a phone call Russell made from the studio in 1942. 😏 #TCMParty #nextbook
“MGM had tested everybody but Lassie & Mrs. Roosevelt for #TheWomen," said #RosalindRussell. "Even the maids’ roles were fought over.” Here w/ #NormaShearer, Joan Fontaine (behind RR), Hedda Hopper & George Cukor. #TCMParty #nextbook
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“MGM had tested everybody but Lassie & Mrs. Roosevelt for #TheWomen," said #RosalindRussell. "Even the maids’ roles were fought over.” Here w/ #NormaShearer, Joan Fontaine (behind RR), Hedda Hopper & George Cukor. #TCMParty #nextbook
In honor of today's #oscars nominations, here's coverage of the Academy nominations ca. 1947 (and yet these two weren't nominated 🙁) #TheBestYearsofOurLives #TCMParty
January 22, 2026 at 1:40 PM
In honor of today's #oscars nominations, here's coverage of the Academy nominations ca. 1947 (and yet these two weren't nominated 🙁) #TheBestYearsofOurLives #TCMParty
In the lead-up to the nominations for #Oscars2026, a picture worth a thousand words: Feuding Samuel Goldwyn and William Wyler buffered by co-star Harold Russell, after #TheBestYearsofOurLives' #Oscars sweep in 1947. #TCMParty #Veterans
January 21, 2026 at 1:20 PM
In the lead-up to the nominations for #Oscars2026, a picture worth a thousand words: Feuding Samuel Goldwyn and William Wyler buffered by co-star Harold Russell, after #TheBestYearsofOurLives' #Oscars sweep in 1947. #TCMParty #Veterans
While promoting #TheBestYearsofOurLives in January 1947, #MyrnaLoy sat for an interview with the DAILY NEWS about how women's beauty standards had evolved since she began her career during the final years of the silent era. "We've grown wiser about ourselves," said Loy. #TCMParty
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
While promoting #TheBestYearsofOurLives in January 1947, #MyrnaLoy sat for an interview with the DAILY NEWS about how women's beauty standards had evolved since she began her career during the final years of the silent era. "We've grown wiser about ourselves," said Loy. #TCMParty
#BehindTheScenes cast photo from the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives. Visitors to the set this day included General Curtis LeMay, writer-producer Sy Bartlett, and Goldwyn star Danny Kaye. 📸Wyler Family #TCMParty
January 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM
#BehindTheScenes cast photo from the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives. Visitors to the set this day included General Curtis LeMay, writer-producer Sy Bartlett, and Goldwyn star Danny Kaye. 📸Wyler Family #TCMParty
Pioneering film editor #MargaretBooth was #BOTD. She spent most of her career at #MGM and became its supervising editor, saying, “Directors and editors work on a picture, and then I come in and finish it.” #TCMParty #Editor
January 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Pioneering film editor #MargaretBooth was #BOTD. She spent most of her career at #MGM and became its supervising editor, saying, “Directors and editors work on a picture, and then I come in and finish it.” #TCMParty #Editor
#HeddaHopper, who appears in #TheWomen's final sequence as a gossip columnist, always thought #MaeWest should have been cast in the film version of Clare Boothe's play: "She would have taught those gals the meaning of the word 'sex'." #TCMParty #nextbook
January 15, 2026 at 1:34 PM
#HeddaHopper, who appears in #TheWomen's final sequence as a gossip columnist, always thought #MaeWest should have been cast in the film version of Clare Boothe's play: "She would have taught those gals the meaning of the word 'sex'." #TCMParty #nextbook
The original closing shot in the final script for #TheBestYearsofOurLives, with #FredricMarch having the last word: "Hey buddies, whose wedding do you think this is, anyway." #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
January 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
The original closing shot in the final script for #TheBestYearsofOurLives, with #FredricMarch having the last word: "Hey buddies, whose wedding do you think this is, anyway." #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
In January 1947, The Boston Globe ran an item titled "Movie Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Film Stars' Fictional Occupations?" noting, "For example, when did you last see a star in the role of a soda jerk?" and namechecking #DanaAndrews in #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty
January 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
In January 1947, The Boston Globe ran an item titled "Movie Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Film Stars' Fictional Occupations?" noting, "For example, when did you last see a star in the role of a soda jerk?" and namechecking #DanaAndrews in #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty
Cheers to #TheBestYearsofOurLives' Mr. Bullard on #NationalPharmacistDay! Owner & druggist of Bullard Drugs, he tells #DanaAndrews he "sold out" to the Midway chain. Played by #ErskineSanford, longtime Mercury Theatre actor in #CitizenKane & other Welles films. #TCMParty
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Cheers to #TheBestYearsofOurLives' Mr. Bullard on #NationalPharmacistDay! Owner & druggist of Bullard Drugs, he tells #DanaAndrews he "sold out" to the Midway chain. Played by #ErskineSanford, longtime Mercury Theatre actor in #CitizenKane & other Welles films. #TCMParty
In 1947 #TheBestYearsofOurLives won the #GoldenGlobe for Best Picture, the same year that #GregoryPeck received Best Actor in THE YEARLING (below). This was the 4th Golden Globes ceremony and its largest to date. #TCMParty #GoldenGlobeAwards
January 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
In 1947 #TheBestYearsofOurLives won the #GoldenGlobe for Best Picture, the same year that #GregoryPeck received Best Actor in THE YEARLING (below). This was the 4th Golden Globes ceremony and its largest to date. #TCMParty #GoldenGlobeAwards
#FredMacMurray turned down the role of Al Stephenson in #TheBestYearsOfOurLives saying he didn’t want to be a “third banana.” 🍌 See him play 2nd banana to #BarbaraStanwyck in DOUBLE INDEMNITY on #TCM tonight! #TCMParty
January 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
#FredMacMurray turned down the role of Al Stephenson in #TheBestYearsOfOurLives saying he didn’t want to be a “third banana.” 🍌 See him play 2nd banana to #BarbaraStanwyck in DOUBLE INDEMNITY on #TCM tonight! #TCMParty
“A change is in the making in H’wood. It might be termed a revolution, but for the gradual manner in which it is coming about.”-- #FrankCapra writing in the NYT in May '46. He and biz partner #WilliamWyler were both making their first post-war pics at the time. #TCMParty
January 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
“A change is in the making in H’wood. It might be termed a revolution, but for the gradual manner in which it is coming about.”-- #FrankCapra writing in the NYT in May '46. He and biz partner #WilliamWyler were both making their first post-war pics at the time. #TCMParty
“So maybe Hollywood, through Homer, Wilma and #TheBestYearsOfOurLives, is setting a precedent…if a girl knows what she wants, she‘ll go after it.”— from “If You Want Him, Ask Him!“ in GO Magazine, 12/46 #TCMParty #Feminism #CathyODonnell #veterans
January 7, 2026 at 2:59 PM
“So maybe Hollywood, through Homer, Wilma and #TheBestYearsOfOurLives, is setting a precedent…if a girl knows what she wants, she‘ll go after it.”— from “If You Want Him, Ask Him!“ in GO Magazine, 12/46 #TCMParty #Feminism #CathyODonnell #veterans
#TeresaWright fun facts shared during #TheBestYearsofOurLives run in '47: "She has a checking account & can't get over the thrill of writing checks...She never uses cold cream...She has never had a facial or manicure. She does her own nails but doesn't use nail polish." #TCMParty
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
#TeresaWright fun facts shared during #TheBestYearsofOurLives run in '47: "She has a checking account & can't get over the thrill of writing checks...She never uses cold cream...She has never had a facial or manicure. She does her own nails but doesn't use nail polish." #TCMParty
Happy Monday, #TCMParty! Alfred Eisenstaedt'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."
January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Happy Monday, #TCMParty! Alfred Eisenstaedt'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."
Six years after making #TheLetter with #WilliamWyler, #BetteDavis wrote to her estranged ex-lover when he sent flowers for the death of her beloved dog: "...the war should be over between us--it is so long ago--& so much happened to both of us." On set w/ #FrankCapra & on #TCM later today. #TCMParty
January 2, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Six years after making #TheLetter with #WilliamWyler, #BetteDavis wrote to her estranged ex-lover when he sent flowers for the death of her beloved dog: "...the war should be over between us--it is so long ago--& so much happened to both of us." On set w/ #FrankCapra & on #TCM later today. #TCMParty
#OTD in 1909 #DanaAndrews was born. Of working with #WilliamWyler on #TheBestYearsofOurLives (below) Andrews said, "I think he's waiting to see what develops. And when he gets it, he knows immediately." #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
January 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
#OTD in 1909 #DanaAndrews was born. Of working with #WilliamWyler on #TheBestYearsofOurLives (below) Andrews said, "I think he's waiting to see what develops. And when he gets it, he knows immediately." #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
Happy New Year’s Eve🥳! Wishing all #classicmovie fans a better night than Fred ( #DanaAndrews) and Peggy's
( #TeresaWright) --and a fantastic 2026! #TheBestYearsofOurLives #TCMParty
( #TeresaWright) --and a fantastic 2026! #TheBestYearsofOurLives #TCMParty
December 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Happy New Year’s Eve🥳! Wishing all #classicmovie fans a better night than Fred ( #DanaAndrews) and Peggy's
( #TeresaWright) --and a fantastic 2026! #TheBestYearsofOurLives #TCMParty
( #TeresaWright) --and a fantastic 2026! #TheBestYearsofOurLives #TCMParty
"It took me three years in the Army to really know my characters in #TheBestYearsofOurLives... I often think how much better my other films would have been if I had as much time."--#WilliamWyler on the state of Hollywood films ca. 1947. #TCMParty #Veterans
December 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"It took me three years in the Army to really know my characters in #TheBestYearsofOurLives... I often think how much better my other films would have been if I had as much time."--#WilliamWyler on the state of Hollywood films ca. 1947. #TCMParty #Veterans