KnowraThe Best Years of Our LivesLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to The Best Years of Our Lives, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 5Related 2Compared with 1Deep focusBroader topic: Gregg Toland’s deep-focus cinematography keeps foreground action and distant events legible together.William WylerRelated: Its restrained depiction of veterans’ readjustment earned Wyler the Academy Award for Best Director.Gregg TolandRelated: Toland’s cinematography uses deep focus to frame its returning veterans and their environments.Samuel GoldwynBroader topic: Goldwyn produced this William Wyler film, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.Myrna LoyBroader topic: Loy played the supportive wife of a returning serviceman in this major postwar drama.The HeiressCompared with: Wyler’s earlier film offers a contrast in subject and ensemble storytelling, though both favor restrained realism.Robert E. SherwoodBroader topic: Sherwood won an Academy Award for its screenplay, which addresses veterans’ homecoming.Fredric MarchBroader topic: March won his second Best Actor Oscar for portraying banker Al Stephenson.