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.
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
#BehindTheScenes on the set of #TheWomen, on #TCM later tonight! While assistants tend to their wardrobe and make-up, #RosalindRussell jokes around with on-screen nemesis #PauletteGoddard on a break from shooting the Reno fight scene. #TCMParty #nextbook
December 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#BehindTheScenes on the set of #TheWomen, on #TCM later tonight! While assistants tend to their wardrobe and make-up, #RosalindRussell jokes around with on-screen nemesis #PauletteGoddard on a break from shooting the Reno fight scene. #TCMParty #nextbook
Late December 1946: THE GUARDIAN noted that producer Samuel Goldwyn was in London to arrange 1947 showings (below) of #TheBestYearsofOurLives, a film the newspaper described at the time as "a three-hour comedy of post-war troubles."🤔 #TCMParty
December 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Late December 1946: THE GUARDIAN noted that producer Samuel Goldwyn was in London to arrange 1947 showings (below) of #TheBestYearsofOurLives, a film the newspaper described at the time as "a three-hour comedy of post-war troubles."🤔 #TCMParty
#OTD in '46, #TheBestYearsofOurLives had its West Coast premiere at the Fox Beverly, followed by a post-premiere party at the Brown Derby. Despite a torrential downpour, stars like #GregoryPeck, #OrsonWelles & #RitaHayworth turned out for the #Christmas night event. #TCMParty
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
#OTD in '46, #TheBestYearsofOurLives had its West Coast premiere at the Fox Beverly, followed by a post-premiere party at the Brown Derby. Despite a torrential downpour, stars like #GregoryPeck, #OrsonWelles & #RitaHayworth turned out for the #Christmas night event. #TCMParty
In '46 Samuel Goldwyn wanted to develop #TheBishopsWife (on #TCM tonight) for top star #DavidNiven & to hop on the postwar trend of "angel" pics (like #ItsaWonderfulLife). He also wanted #WilliamWyler to direct it, but Wyler made #TheBestYearsofOurLives instead. #TCMParty
December 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
In '46 Samuel Goldwyn wanted to develop #TheBishopsWife (on #TCM tonight) for top star #DavidNiven & to hop on the postwar trend of "angel" pics (like #ItsaWonderfulLife). He also wanted #WilliamWyler to direct it, but Wyler made #TheBestYearsofOurLives instead. #TCMParty
Filming #TheBestYearsofOurLives' "morning after" scene with director #WilliamWyler and stars #MyrnaLoy and #FredricMarch. As Loy said of Al and Milly's homecoming, "They just can't wait to get into the sack." #TCMParty #WWII #BehindTheScenes
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Filming #TheBestYearsofOurLives' "morning after" scene with director #WilliamWyler and stars #MyrnaLoy and #FredricMarch. As Loy said of Al and Milly's homecoming, "They just can't wait to get into the sack." #TCMParty #WWII #BehindTheScenes
#TheBestYearsOfOurLives at the Times Square Astor #OTD in 1946. Look at the top left of the photo for the disembodied heads of Mayo and co. #TCMParty Thank you for this photo @davidpom2000!
December 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#TheBestYearsOfOurLives at the Times Square Astor #OTD in 1946. Look at the top left of the photo for the disembodied heads of Mayo and co. #TCMParty Thank you for this photo @davidpom2000!
At one point in the writing of #TheWomen, 12 year-old #VirginiaWeidler (here w/ #JoanCrawford) had the last line & shot in the film, watching her parents reunite offscreen: "Her face relaxes into a very broad grin...she turns a beautiful cartwheel of sheer joy..." #TCMParty #nextbook
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
At one point in the writing of #TheWomen, 12 year-old #VirginiaWeidler (here w/ #JoanCrawford) had the last line & shot in the film, watching her parents reunite offscreen: "Her face relaxes into a very broad grin...she turns a beautiful cartwheel of sheer joy..." #TCMParty #nextbook
n December 1946 #ItsAWonderfulLife premiered three weeks after #TheBestYearsofOurLives. In response to a screening of WONDERFUL LIFE at San Quentin State Prison several months later, a few of the inmates weighed in.... #TCMParty
December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
n December 1946 #ItsAWonderfulLife premiered three weeks after #TheBestYearsofOurLives. In response to a screening of WONDERFUL LIFE at San Quentin State Prison several months later, a few of the inmates weighed in.... #TCMParty
Before #RobReiner's death, he and #JaneFonda discussed bringing back the Committee for the First Amendment, co-founded by #WilliamWyler in 1947. Here, #LaurenBacall and other members of the CFA traveled to D.C. to attend the HUAC hearings in 1947. #TCMParty
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Before #RobReiner's death, he and #JaneFonda discussed bringing back the Committee for the First Amendment, co-founded by #WilliamWyler in 1947. Here, #LaurenBacall and other members of the CFA traveled to D.C. to attend the HUAC hearings in 1947. #TCMParty
Interviewed by the DAILY NEWS in Dec. '46 to promote #TheBestYearsofOurLives, #MyrnaLoy said, "People are ducking the great issues we face today...In the film, the characters had to attack their difficulties and bring them to a conclusion. This is the way it should be." #TCMParty
December 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Interviewed by the DAILY NEWS in Dec. '46 to promote #TheBestYearsofOurLives, #MyrnaLoy said, "People are ducking the great issues we face today...In the film, the characters had to attack their difficulties and bring them to a conclusion. This is the way it should be." #TCMParty
EL PASO TIMES, December 1946: "A tavern is the symbol of peacetime living in #TheBestYearsofOurLives." #TCMParty #HaroldRussell #DanaAndrews #MyrnaLoy #FredricMarch #HoagyCarmichael
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
EL PASO TIMES, December 1946: "A tavern is the symbol of peacetime living in #TheBestYearsofOurLives." #TCMParty #HaroldRussell #DanaAndrews #MyrnaLoy #FredricMarch #HoagyCarmichael
On-set photo of #GeorgeCukor, #KatharineHepburn, Lew Ayres, Henry Kolker, Doris Nolan, and #CaryGrant in HOLIDAY, which THE GUARDIAN once described as "the most romantic thing you can watch" at #Christmas. #TCMParty
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
On-set photo of #GeorgeCukor, #KatharineHepburn, Lew Ayres, Henry Kolker, Doris Nolan, and #CaryGrant in HOLIDAY, which THE GUARDIAN once described as "the most romantic thing you can watch" at #Christmas. #TCMParty
If #TheBestYearsofOurLives had had a sequel, this could have been the Stephensons' #Christmas card after Peggy and Fred's wedding (and Rob still hadn’t come home from school).🙄 #TCMParty
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If #TheBestYearsofOurLives had had a sequel, this could have been the Stephensons' #Christmas card after Peggy and Fred's wedding (and Rob still hadn’t come home from school).🙄 #TCMParty
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
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