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.
"Pearl Harbor came to my rescue."--#WilliamWyler
The 39 y.o. dir. of Jewish descent eagerly signed up for the Signal Corps in Dec. '41. He was sent overseas to make docs like THE MEMPHIS BELLE (below) & lost hearing permanently in his right ear. #TCMParty #PearlHarbor #Veterans
The 39 y.o. dir. of Jewish descent eagerly signed up for the Signal Corps in Dec. '41. He was sent overseas to make docs like THE MEMPHIS BELLE (below) & lost hearing permanently in his right ear. #TCMParty #PearlHarbor #Veterans
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Pearl Harbor came to my rescue."--#WilliamWyler
The 39 y.o. dir. of Jewish descent eagerly signed up for the Signal Corps in Dec. '41. He was sent overseas to make docs like THE MEMPHIS BELLE (below) & lost hearing permanently in his right ear. #TCMParty #PearlHarbor #Veterans
The 39 y.o. dir. of Jewish descent eagerly signed up for the Signal Corps in Dec. '41. He was sent overseas to make docs like THE MEMPHIS BELLE (below) & lost hearing permanently in his right ear. #TCMParty #PearlHarbor #Veterans
One of #MGM's earliest "Leos" was actually named Slats and is buried just two miles from where I grew up in NJ. Slats was born in Dublin, Ireland and is interred on the property of his trainer, Volney Phifer. #TCMParty #OldHollywood imgur.com/gallery/orig...
Original MGM lion from 1924
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December 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
One of #MGM's earliest "Leos" was actually named Slats and is buried just two miles from where I grew up in NJ. Slats was born in Dublin, Ireland and is interred on the property of his trainer, Volney Phifer. #TCMParty #OldHollywood imgur.com/gallery/orig...
Poster for the 1947 French release of #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Poster for the 1947 French release of #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty
In November '44, paratrooper #HaroldRussell was filming scenes like this for the Army training film DIARY OF A SERGEANT, which would lead to his role in #TheBestYearsofOurLives. Here he recreates the initial days of his stay in Ward 32 at Walter Reed hospital. #TCMParty #Veterans
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In November '44, paratrooper #HaroldRussell was filming scenes like this for the Army training film DIARY OF A SERGEANT, which would lead to his role in #TheBestYearsofOurLives. Here he recreates the initial days of his stay in Ward 32 at Walter Reed hospital. #TCMParty #Veterans
Cheers to Steve (Donald Kerr) and Butch (#HoagyCarmichael) on National Bartender Appreciation Day! 🍻 #TheBestYearsofOurLives #TCMParty
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Cheers to Steve (Donald Kerr) and Butch (#HoagyCarmichael) on National Bartender Appreciation Day! 🍻 #TheBestYearsofOurLives #TCMParty
Excited to turn in the manuscript for my next book about the making of #TheWomen: female power and gay Hollywood at the height of the studio system. Still a ways from publication but inching closer 🥳 #TCMParty #amwriting
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Excited to turn in the manuscript for my next book about the making of #TheWomen: female power and gay Hollywood at the height of the studio system. Still a ways from publication but inching closer 🥳 #TCMParty #amwriting
GONE WITH THE WIND on #TCM this afternoon! #PauletteGoddard was a major contender for the part of Scarlett before #VivienLeigh entered the picture (literally). Hearing #GeorgeCukor direct Goddard in her screen test is fascinating (app. 1:09). #TCMParty www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l2k...
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
GONE WITH THE WIND on #TCM this afternoon! #PauletteGoddard was a major contender for the part of Scarlett before #VivienLeigh entered the picture (literally). Hearing #GeorgeCukor direct Goddard in her screen test is fascinating (app. 1:09). #TCMParty www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l2k...
Cult classic #The5000FingersofDrT is on #TCM this morning! Released in '53, the Stanley Kramer film bombed at the b.o. & with critics like Bosley Crowther, who called it a "strange and confused fabrication." But a personal fave of mine. I'm sure #TCMParty has feelings about it.😉
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Cult classic #The5000FingersofDrT is on #TCM this morning! Released in '53, the Stanley Kramer film bombed at the b.o. & with critics like Bosley Crowther, who called it a "strange and confused fabrication." But a personal fave of mine. I'm sure #TCMParty has feelings about it.😉
“Sketched on the set” of #TheWomen at #MGM in 1939. Adrian’s presence (far left) underscores the importance of the fashions to the film and of him to MGM. On #TCM this morning to celebrate #GeorgeCukor! #TCMParty #OldHollywood #nextbook
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Sketched on the set” of #TheWomen at #MGM in 1939. Adrian’s presence (far left) underscores the importance of the fashions to the film and of him to MGM. On #TCM this morning to celebrate #GeorgeCukor! #TCMParty #OldHollywood #nextbook
Vintage #TeresaWright on a Tuesday! Love this photo (ca. 1973) and how she seemingly managed to age naturally in a business that doesn't reward that. #TCMParty #ClassicHollywood
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Vintage #TeresaWright on a Tuesday! Love this photo (ca. 1973) and how she seemingly managed to age naturally in a business that doesn't reward that. #TCMParty #ClassicHollywood
"This is my first time to be at a premiere in New York and I'm enjoying it very much: the crowds, the noise, the confusion, all of it."— #DanaAndrews interviewed on the red carpet at the East Coast premiere of #TheBestYearsofOurLIves in November 1946. #TCMParty
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"This is my first time to be at a premiere in New York and I'm enjoying it very much: the crowds, the noise, the confusion, all of it."— #DanaAndrews interviewed on the red carpet at the East Coast premiere of #TheBestYearsofOurLIves in November 1946. #TCMParty
Remembering #JohnFKennedy, who was a fan of #HaroldRussell and appreciated his support of a controversial decision to include people with mental illnesses and intellectual disabilities within JFK's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities ca. 1961. #TCMParty
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Remembering #JohnFKennedy, who was a fan of #HaroldRussell and appreciated his support of a controversial decision to include people with mental illnesses and intellectual disabilities within JFK's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities ca. 1961. #TCMParty
#OTD in 1946 #TheBestYearsofOurLives had its star-studded premiere at the Astor in NYC. Even the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were there (10)! #TCMParty #Royals
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#OTD in 1946 #TheBestYearsofOurLives had its star-studded premiere at the Astor in NYC. Even the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were there (10)! #TCMParty #Royals
Several days before the NYC premiere of #TheBestYearsofOurLives in Nov. '46, DP #GreggToland reportedly traveled from L.A. with the negative of the film to have it developed in New York in part because of the ongoing labor strike in Hollywood. #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Several days before the NYC premiere of #TheBestYearsofOurLives in Nov. '46, DP #GreggToland reportedly traveled from L.A. with the negative of the film to have it developed in New York in part because of the ongoing labor strike in Hollywood. #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
I hear it's National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day 🙄 so I think #DanaAndrews making a chocolate ice cream soda counts! Here he perfects his technique on the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives for DP #GreggToland and director #WilliamWyler. #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I hear it's National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day 🙄 so I think #DanaAndrews making a chocolate ice cream soda counts! Here he perfects his technique on the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives for DP #GreggToland and director #WilliamWyler. #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
Of working with friend #GeorgeCukor, #JoanCrawford once said, "He is a hard taskmaster...assiduously critical in direction and if he feels you're closing up because of this, he'll switch, belting you with a humor that is convulsing." #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Of working with friend #GeorgeCukor, #JoanCrawford once said, "He is a hard taskmaster...assiduously critical in direction and if he feels you're closing up because of this, he'll switch, belting you with a humor that is convulsing." #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
Who doesn't love a candid shot of #TeresaWright on a Monday?! #TCMParty
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Who doesn't love a candid shot of #TeresaWright on a Monday?! #TCMParty
Happy Friday, #TCMParty, from the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives ca. April 1946 and the start of production. #WilliamWyler freestyles while #DanaAndrews sits in the foreground, dressed to shoot the film's opening scene. #Veterans #OldHollywood
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Happy Friday, #TCMParty, from the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives ca. April 1946 and the start of production. #WilliamWyler freestyles while #DanaAndrews sits in the foreground, dressed to shoot the film's opening scene. #Veterans #OldHollywood
Art Director #PerryFerguson, #BOTD in 1901. Nominated for five #Oscars, including one for CITIZEN KANE. Shown here on the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives with #WilliamWyler and #DanaAndrews. #TCMParty
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Art Director #PerryFerguson, #BOTD in 1901. Nominated for five #Oscars, including one for CITIZEN KANE. Shown here on the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives with #WilliamWyler and #DanaAndrews. #TCMParty
#WilliamWyler lost hearing in both ears while making the documentary THUNDERBOLT during #WWII. (Hearing eventually came back in his left ear.) I've always wondered if this jokey photo was a reference to that or to his being the "over-age Major" at 39. #TCMParty 📸 Wyler Family
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
#WilliamWyler lost hearing in both ears while making the documentary THUNDERBOLT during #WWII. (Hearing eventually came back in his left ear.) I've always wondered if this jokey photo was a reference to that or to his being the "over-age Major" at 39. #TCMParty 📸 Wyler Family
What do director #Stevenspielberg and comedian #JohnMulaney have in common? They’re superfans of #TheBestYearsofOurLives—on #TCM this afternoon. Great pick for #VeteransDay, TCM! My fave, too 😉#TCMParty
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What do director #Stevenspielberg and comedian #JohnMulaney have in common? They’re superfans of #TheBestYearsofOurLives—on #TCM this afternoon. Great pick for #VeteransDay, TCM! My fave, too 😉#TCMParty
The entrance to #GeorgeCukor’s former home. When he purchased the property at 9166 Cordell Dr. in 1934, MGM production head Irving Thalberg told him, “Go ahead, George, spend a lot of money. I love to have directors in debt, it forces them to work harder.” #TCMParty #OldHollywood
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The entrance to #GeorgeCukor’s former home. When he purchased the property at 9166 Cordell Dr. in 1934, MGM production head Irving Thalberg told him, “Go ahead, George, spend a lot of money. I love to have directors in debt, it forces them to work harder.” #TCMParty #OldHollywood
PCA letter to MGM: "Dear Mr. Mayer: We have received and read the temporary complete script for..#TheWizardofOz....We call your attention to...page 97B: A horrible or gruesome effect in the death of the witch must be avoided...." On #TCM tonight! #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
PCA letter to MGM: "Dear Mr. Mayer: We have received and read the temporary complete script for..#TheWizardofOz....We call your attention to...page 97B: A horrible or gruesome effect in the death of the witch must be avoided...." On #TCM tonight! #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
As part of his prep for the role of Fred in #TheBestYearsofOurLives, #DanaAndrews took Rexall Drug's fountain training course. His "grad thesis" involved scooping for a day at the Rexall-owned Owl Drug store near Hollywood High, where he was swarmed by "bobby-soxers." #TCMParty
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
As part of his prep for the role of Fred in #TheBestYearsofOurLives, #DanaAndrews took Rexall Drug's fountain training course. His "grad thesis" involved scooping for a day at the Rexall-owned Owl Drug store near Hollywood High, where he was swarmed by "bobby-soxers." #TCMParty
November '46, in the weeks before the NYC premiere of #TheBestYearsofOurLives, Sam Goldwyn writes to #DanaAndrews: "You'll be pleased to know that you made a big hit at a sneak preview we had Thursday night. Most of the cards say it's the best thing you've ever done." #TCMParty
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
November '46, in the weeks before the NYC premiere of #TheBestYearsofOurLives, Sam Goldwyn writes to #DanaAndrews: "You'll be pleased to know that you made a big hit at a sneak preview we had Thursday night. Most of the cards say it's the best thing you've ever done." #TCMParty