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.
#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
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
November 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Before he played a banker in #TheBestYearsofOurLives, #FredricMarch explored his dark(er?) side in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, on #TCM this a.m. March won the Best Actor Oscar for both films although he shared the earlier win with Wallace Beery (THE CHAMP). #TCMParty #Halloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Before he played a banker in #TheBestYearsofOurLives, #FredricMarch explored his dark(er?) side in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, on #TCM this a.m. March won the Best Actor Oscar for both films although he shared the earlier win with Wallace Beery (THE CHAMP). #TCMParty #Halloween2025
nyone else love the atmospheric swimming pool sequence in CAT PEOPLE (1942)? Produced by #ValLewton, directed by Jacques Tourneur, it's the perfect movie to lead into Mischief Night (that's a thing, btw). On #TCM this evening. #TCMParty #BlackCat
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
nyone else love the atmospheric swimming pool sequence in CAT PEOPLE (1942)? Produced by #ValLewton, directed by Jacques Tourneur, it's the perfect movie to lead into Mischief Night (that's a thing, btw). On #TCM this evening. #TCMParty #BlackCat
"Stars in #Hollywood use Jergens Lotion, 7 to 1": #TeresaWright in one of the many "tie-ups" to promote #TheBestYearsofOurLives in the fall of 1946. #TCMParty
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"Stars in #Hollywood use Jergens Lotion, 7 to 1": #TeresaWright in one of the many "tie-ups" to promote #TheBestYearsofOurLives in the fall of 1946. #TCMParty
When #NormaShearer's husband Irving Thalberg was reluctant to cast her in MGM's THE DIVORCEE (1931), she hired #GeorgeHurrell to take photos like this to convince Thalberg she could be seductive. It worked. See Shearer in the lead tonight on #TCM! #TCMParty #ClassicHollywood
October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
When #NormaShearer's husband Irving Thalberg was reluctant to cast her in MGM's THE DIVORCEE (1931), she hired #GeorgeHurrell to take photos like this to convince Thalberg she could be seductive. It worked. See Shearer in the lead tonight on #TCM! #TCMParty #ClassicHollywood
From Teresa Wright's contract ca. 1946: "I will not pose in shorts, playing with a cute cocker spaniel. I will not be shown happily whipping up a meal for a huge family." #BOTD #TCMParty #TheBestYearsofOurLives #TeresaWright
October 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From Teresa Wright's contract ca. 1946: "I will not pose in shorts, playing with a cute cocker spaniel. I will not be shown happily whipping up a meal for a huge family." #BOTD #TCMParty #TheBestYearsofOurLives #TeresaWright
October 26, 1947: Hollywood stars like #LaurenBacall, #HumphreyBogart, #MarshaHunt, and #DannyKaye--known as the "Airborne 22"--land in Washington, D.C. on the eve of MPAA president Eric Johnston's testimony in front of #HUAC. #TCMParty
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
October 26, 1947: Hollywood stars like #LaurenBacall, #HumphreyBogart, #MarshaHunt, and #DannyKaye--known as the "Airborne 22"--land in Washington, D.C. on the eve of MPAA president Eric Johnston's testimony in front of #HUAC. #TCMParty
For #JohnWaters, #WilliamCastle "was God" and inspired his own career. Like a reported 20 million other Americans, a young Waters got his butt buzzed by Percepto, the gimmick in THE TINGLER. See the movie later tonight on #TCM! #TCMParty
October 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
For #JohnWaters, #WilliamCastle "was God" and inspired his own career. Like a reported 20 million other Americans, a young Waters got his butt buzzed by Percepto, the gimmick in THE TINGLER. See the movie later tonight on #TCM! #TCMParty
#JudyGarland and #GeorgeCukor on the set of A STAR IS BORN (1954), on #TCM tomorrow. "She told me she never wept before on screen, never screamed, never had a big scene," Cukor told biographer Gavin Lambert. #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
October 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#JudyGarland and #GeorgeCukor on the set of A STAR IS BORN (1954), on #TCM tomorrow. "She told me she never wept before on screen, never screamed, never had a big scene," Cukor told biographer Gavin Lambert. #TCMParty #BehindTheScenes
On Oct. 19, 1947 at Chicago's Soldier Field, on the eve of the #HUAC hearings in D.C., #HaroldRussell made one of his most meaningful appearances after #TheBestYearsofOurLives to speak in honor of the first war dead to be sent home from the Pacific. #TCMParty #Veterans 📸 Getty
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
On Oct. 19, 1947 at Chicago's Soldier Field, on the eve of the #HUAC hearings in D.C., #HaroldRussell made one of his most meaningful appearances after #TheBestYearsofOurLives to speak in honor of the first war dead to be sent home from the Pacific. #TCMParty #Veterans 📸 Getty
A month before the opening of #TheBestYearsofOurLives, #DanaAndrews was getting very good notices for another #WWII movie, A WALK IN THE SUN, hailed by one critic as “the most important part of his screen career." #TCMParty
October 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A month before the opening of #TheBestYearsofOurLives, #DanaAndrews was getting very good notices for another #WWII movie, A WALK IN THE SUN, hailed by one critic as “the most important part of his screen career." #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
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 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
In 1946 #OTD, the 1s preview of #TheBestYearsofOurLives screened at United Artists Theatre in Long Beach, CA. Of the 314 cards returned, 200+ ranked the movie as "excellent," "very good," "wonderful" and"best ever" despite the long running time. #TCMParty 📷 Mahan Collection
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In 1946 #OTD, the 1s preview of #TheBestYearsofOurLives screened at United Artists Theatre in Long Beach, CA. Of the 314 cards returned, 200+ ranked the movie as "excellent," "very good," "wonderful" and"best ever" despite the long running time. #TCMParty 📷 Mahan Collection
Oct. '47: #HaroldRussell writes "These Are My Hands" for U.S. papers. "If you saw the picture #TheBestYearsofOurLives, you probably felt sorry for the sailor who lost both of his hands. That fellow is me. But I don't feel sorry for myself." #TCMParty #Veterans #DisabilityRights
October 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Oct. '47: #HaroldRussell writes "These Are My Hands" for U.S. papers. "If you saw the picture #TheBestYearsofOurLives, you probably felt sorry for the sailor who lost both of his hands. That fellow is me. But I don't feel sorry for myself." #TCMParty #Veterans #DisabilityRights
#MyrnaLoy on leaving H'wood during #WWII to work for the Red Cross: "I'll never forget the first time I came back home alone from Baltimore, on the train, at night...I hadn't been alone on any public conveyance of any kind....I began to have the time of my life." #TCMParty
October 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Harold and Rita Russell in the Cub Room of the Stork Club in NYC ca. 1946. #TCMParty #TheBestYearsofOurLives #Disability
October 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Harold and Rita Russell in the Cub Room of the Stork Club in NYC ca. 1946. #TCMParty #TheBestYearsofOurLives #Disability
An ad for Parker Quink pens featuring #DanaAndrews in advance of the release of #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty
October 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
An ad for Parker Quink pens featuring #DanaAndrews in advance of the release of #TheBestYearsofOurLives. #TCMParty
On #TCM now: #TheWomen! “MGM had tested everybody but Lassie & Mrs. Roosevelt for The Women," said #RosalindRussell. "Even the maids’ roles were fought over.” Here w/ #NormaShearer, Joan Fontaine (behind RR), Hedda Hopper & George Cukor. #TCMParty #nextbook
October 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
On #TCM now: #TheWomen! “MGM had tested everybody but Lassie & Mrs. Roosevelt for The Women," said #RosalindRussell. "Even the maids’ roles were fought over.” Here w/ #NormaShearer, Joan Fontaine (behind RR), Hedda Hopper & George Cukor. #TCMParty #nextbook