Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes Notes 1 One person wrote a scathing review, refusing to change a word even after the film won so many Academy Awards. See Abraham Polonsky, ‘The Best Years of Our Lives: A Review,’ Hollywood Quarterly, II, No. 3 (July 1947), pp. 257–260. 2 Quoted in Michael A. Anderegg, William Wyler (Boston, 1979), pp. 282–283. 3 See Filming Locations for The Best Years of Our Lives, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036868/locations; for the complete script see http://www.filmsite.org/besty 2.html; for the DVD version, 168 minutes (original release 172 minutes); with trailer; MGM Home Entertainment, 1990. 4001010; ISBN 0-7928-4613-3. 4 Interview with Lew Redensdorf, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 24, 2005. There is a complete model of Lunken Field, revealing its proximity to neighboring hills, in the Cincinnati Historical Museum, located in the 1933 PWA Art Deco train station. 5 Douglas Martin, ‘Teresa Wright, 86, Stage and Film Star, Dies,’ New York Times, March 8, 2005, p. C17. 6 Harold Russell with Dan Ferullo, The Best Years of My Life (Middlebury, Vermont, 1981). Introduction by William Wyler. 7 Richard Severo, ‘Virginia Mayo, 1940's Film Star, Dies at 84,’ New York Times, January 19, 2005, p. C-16. ‘Samuel Goldwyn saw to it that she received acting and speech lessons. Eleanore King, then one of Hollywood's top charm teachers, had her doubts about Ms. Mayo, complaining that her cheeks “were too fat for screen work.”’ 8 Frederick W. Sternfeld, ‘Music and the Feature Films,’ Musical Quarterly, 33 (October 1947), pp. 517–532, devotes most of his article to an excellent analysis of the score for BYOL, reproducing the film's opening leitmotif on pp. 519–520. Those who are unable to read music may find Sternfeld's careful explication tough going. 9 Quoted in Axel Madsen, William Wyler: the authorized biography (New York, 1973), p. 267. 10 Copland's A Lincoln Portrait was premiered in Cincinnati as well, in 1942. 11 Linda Danly (ed.) Hugo Friedhofer: the best years of his life (Lanham, Maryland, 1999), pp. 86–87. 12 For example, see Michel Marriott, ‘Robo-Legs,’ New York Times, June 20, 2005, pp. E1, E8.