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.
Although Marie ( #VirginiaMayo) tells Fred ( #DanaAndrews) she's given him "the best years of my life," the title #TheBestYearsofOurLives actually came about before that line was scripted and seems to have been a suggestion from a studio-sponsored contest ca. March 1946. #TCMParty
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Although Marie ( #VirginiaMayo) tells Fred ( #DanaAndrews) she's given him "the best years of my life," the title #TheBestYearsofOurLives actually came about before that line was scripted and seems to have been a suggestion from a studio-sponsored contest ca. March 1946. #TCMParty
THESE THREE, which #LillianHellman adapted from her play THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, introduced her to director #WilliamWyler. They would become lifelong friends & collaborators. When Hellman was later blacklisted, Wyler & wife Talli helped her financially. On #TCM tonight! #TCMParty
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
THESE THREE, which #LillianHellman adapted from her play THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, introduced her to director #WilliamWyler. They would become lifelong friends & collaborators. When Hellman was later blacklisted, Wyler & wife Talli helped her financially. On #TCM tonight! #TCMParty
A promo poster for #MGM's #GrandHotel within a 16-page spread about the studio as top earner, in a 1932 issue of #FortuneMagazine. See it tonight on #TCM! #TCMParty #OldHollywood #artdeco
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A promo poster for #MGM's #GrandHotel within a 16-page spread about the studio as top earner, in a 1932 issue of #FortuneMagazine. See it tonight on #TCM! #TCMParty #OldHollywood #artdeco
"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
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