Alison Macor
@agmacor.bsky.social
Author of HAIR DOWN, CLAWS OUT: GEORGE CUKOR AND THE MAKING OF THE WOMEN (coming 2027!), MAKING BEST YEARS (now in paperback!), CHAINSAWS, SLACKERS, AND SPY KIDS and REWRITE MAN. PhD. Ghostwriter. Film fan.
Not long after he made #TheBestYearsofOurLives, #HaroldRussell let the Motion Picture Relief Fund use his likeness to raise money for film industry members in need. Later he would go on to head up national orgs like AMVETS to advocate for #disabled #veterans. #TCMParty
February 18, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Not long after he made #TheBestYearsofOurLives, #HaroldRussell let the Motion Picture Relief Fund use his likeness to raise money for film industry members in need. Later he would go on to head up national orgs like AMVETS to advocate for #disabled #veterans. #TCMParty
#TeresaWright described #WilliamWyler as "a daredevil," telling biographer Jan Herman that she once saw him in Malibu, riding around on a child's two-wheeler. Shown here on the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 PM
#TeresaWright described #WilliamWyler as "a daredevil," telling biographer Jan Herman that she once saw him in Malibu, riding around on a child's two-wheeler. Shown here on the set of #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty
I interviewed #FrederickWiseman when I was a film critic in the early 2000s. He brought 2 of his older docs, LAW AND ORDER and HIGH SCHOOL, to Austin & was just as interested in what audiences thought then as when they 1st premiered. What an inspiration. #TCMParty #documentaries
February 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I interviewed #FrederickWiseman when I was a film critic in the early 2000s. He brought 2 of his older docs, LAW AND ORDER and HIGH SCHOOL, to Austin & was just as interested in what audiences thought then as when they 1st premiered. What an inspiration. #TCMParty #documentaries
Join me and @TheCMMan TONIGHT at 6:30 pm CT for a virtual discussion of #TheWomen! I'll share tidbits from my forthcoming book about the making of the movie, from its start as a scandalous play to all of its iterations! Hair Down, Claws Out! #TCMParty #OldHollywood
I'll be joining @TheCMMan
on 2/16 for a free virtual discussion of #TheWomen & sharing tidbits from my forthcoming book about the making of the film. Join us for a conversation about female power and gay #Hollywood at the height of the studio system! #TCMParty #OldHollywood x.com/TheCMMan/sta...
on 2/16 for a free virtual discussion of #TheWomen & sharing tidbits from my forthcoming book about the making of the film. Join us for a conversation about female power and gay #Hollywood at the height of the studio system! #TCMParty #OldHollywood x.com/TheCMMan/sta...
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February 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Join me and @TheCMMan TONIGHT at 6:30 pm CT for a virtual discussion of #TheWomen! I'll share tidbits from my forthcoming book about the making of the movie, from its start as a scandalous play to all of its iterations! Hair Down, Claws Out! #TCMParty #OldHollywood
A #ValentinesDay twofer in #TheBestYearsofOurLives' final sequence: a wedding and—for my money—one of the most realistically romantic on-screen proposals. #TCMParty #TeresaWright #DanaAndrews
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
A #ValentinesDay twofer in #TheBestYearsofOurLives' final sequence: a wedding and—for my money—one of the most realistically romantic on-screen proposals. #TCMParty #TeresaWright #DanaAndrews
One product tie-in created for #TheBestYearsofOurLives was a layout featuring #TeresaWright and #DanaAndrews in a newspaper advertisement for an L.A.-based jewelry store's line of engagement rings. It ran in February 1947 in the lead-up to #ValentinesDay. #TCMParty
February 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
One product tie-in created for #TheBestYearsofOurLives was a layout featuring #TeresaWright and #DanaAndrews in a newspaper advertisement for an L.A.-based jewelry store's line of engagement rings. It ran in February 1947 in the lead-up to #ValentinesDay. #TCMParty
I'll be joining @TheCMMan
on 2/16 for a free virtual discussion of #TheWomen & sharing tidbits from my forthcoming book about the making of the film. Join us for a conversation about female power and gay #Hollywood at the height of the studio system! #TCMParty #OldHollywood x.com/TheCMMan/sta...
on 2/16 for a free virtual discussion of #TheWomen & sharing tidbits from my forthcoming book about the making of the film. Join us for a conversation about female power and gay #Hollywood at the height of the studio system! #TCMParty #OldHollywood x.com/TheCMMan/sta...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I'll be joining @TheCMMan
on 2/16 for a free virtual discussion of #TheWomen & sharing tidbits from my forthcoming book about the making of the film. Join us for a conversation about female power and gay #Hollywood at the height of the studio system! #TCMParty #OldHollywood x.com/TheCMMan/sta...
on 2/16 for a free virtual discussion of #TheWomen & sharing tidbits from my forthcoming book about the making of the film. Join us for a conversation about female power and gay #Hollywood at the height of the studio system! #TCMParty #OldHollywood x.com/TheCMMan/sta...
Cathy O'Donnell not only broke out in #TheBestYearsofOurLives but also met on-set her future husband Robert Wyler, Willy's older brother. Shown here in costume and with both Wylers and #CharltonHeston during filming of BEN-HUR. #TCMParty #Oldhollywood #ValentineWeek
February 11, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Cathy O'Donnell not only broke out in #TheBestYearsofOurLives but also met on-set her future husband Robert Wyler, Willy's older brother. Shown here in costume and with both Wylers and #CharltonHeston during filming of BEN-HUR. #TCMParty #Oldhollywood #ValentineWeek
Late April '46. #SamuelGoldwyn sends a telegram to sc. #RobertSherwood in New York: “You would have been thrilled if you could have seen the rushes this morning of Al’s homecoming. I haven’t been as moved by a scene in many years.”#TheBestYearsofOurLives #TCMParty #ValentinesWeek
February 10, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Late April '46. #SamuelGoldwyn sends a telegram to sc. #RobertSherwood in New York: “You would have been thrilled if you could have seen the rushes this morning of Al’s homecoming. I haven’t been as moved by a scene in many years.”#TheBestYearsofOurLives #TCMParty #ValentinesWeek
From #WilliamWyler's 11/3/42 letter to wife Talli in #WWII: "I think about all the wonderful things we’ll do when this mess is over. And what a fine life together we’ll have...how much richer we will be than those that have stayed home and made money." #TCMParty #ValentineWeek
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 PM
From #WilliamWyler's 11/3/42 letter to wife Talli in #WWII: "I think about all the wonderful things we’ll do when this mess is over. And what a fine life together we’ll have...how much richer we will be than those that have stayed home and made money." #TCMParty #ValentineWeek
Many fans of #TheBestYearsofOurLives were shocked DP #GreggToland didn't receive an Oscar nomination for the film. LOOK Magazine stepped up in 1947, naming him Best Cameraman in its annual movie awards along with recognition for Samuel Goldwyn and #HaroldRussell. #TCMParty
February 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Many fans of #TheBestYearsofOurLives were shocked DP #GreggToland didn't receive an Oscar nomination for the film. LOOK Magazine stepped up in 1947, naming him Best Cameraman in its annual movie awards along with recognition for Samuel Goldwyn and #HaroldRussell. #TCMParty
On #TCM in the overnight: ROMEO AND JULIET co-starring #NormaShearer and directed by #GeorgeCukor, whom Irving Thalberg assigned to helm the production to convince his 33-y.o. wife to take the part of the teenaged Juliet. #TCMParty
February 5, 2026 at 1:43 PM
On #TCM in the overnight: ROMEO AND JULIET co-starring #NormaShearer and directed by #GeorgeCukor, whom Irving Thalberg assigned to helm the production to convince his 33-y.o. wife to take the part of the teenaged Juliet. #TCMParty
From #TheBestYearsofOurLives' shooting script when Homer ( #HaroldRussell ) raises his arm to wave to Fred ( #DanaAndrews ) & Al ( #FredricMarch ) as their taxi pulls away. Direction for Mrs. Parrish ( #MinnaGombell ): "...she is forced into a great sobbing release of tears." #TCMParty
February 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
From #TheBestYearsofOurLives' shooting script when Homer ( #HaroldRussell ) raises his arm to wave to Fred ( #DanaAndrews ) & Al ( #FredricMarch ) as their taxi pulls away. Direction for Mrs. Parrish ( #MinnaGombell ): "...she is forced into a great sobbing release of tears." #TCMParty
Thrilled to hear the #OliviadeHavilland papers have landed in my own backyard at Austin's @ransomcenter.bsky.social! #TCMParty #classicmovie
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Thrilled to hear the #OliviadeHavilland papers have landed in my own backyard at Austin's @ransomcenter.bsky.social! #TCMParty #classicmovie
#OTD in 1947, anticipating that year's #Oscars, Erskine Johnson's Top 10 "Scene-Stealing Props" from movies released in 1946, including the bomber graveyard from #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty, any personal faves?
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
#OTD in 1947, anticipating that year's #Oscars, Erskine Johnson's Top 10 "Scene-Stealing Props" from movies released in 1946, including the bomber graveyard from #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty, any personal faves?
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