Books:

Based on:

• Glory For Me by MacKinlay Kantor (New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1945).

Referenced in:

• A Talent for Trouble: The Life of Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Director, William Wyler by Jan Herman (New York: Putnam, 1996).
• Forties Film Talk: Oral Histories of Hollywood by Doug McClelland (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., Inc., 1992).
• Goldwyn: A Biography by A. Scott Berg (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989).
• Myrna Loy: being and becoming by James Kotsilibas-Davis and Myrna Loy (New York: Knopf, 1987).
• The Best Years of My Life by Harold Russell with Dan Ferullo; introduction by William Wyler (Middlebury, Vt.: P. S. Eriksson, c1981).
• Samuel Goldwyn, the producer and his films by Richard Griffith (New York, Museum of Modern Art Film Library; distributed by Simon and Schuster, 1956).
• Victory in My Hands by Harold Russell with Victor Rosen (New York: Creative Age Press, 1949).

Articles:

Referring:

• "The Way Home."  Time (7 Aug. 1944): 15-16.

Featured in:

• Perry, George.  "The Best Years Of Our Lives."  Times (London) (9 Feb. 2003): special section.
• Viviani, Christian.  "Les plus belles années de notre vie: les années quarante sont devant nous."  Positif n.501 (Nov. 2002): 76-77.
• Viviani, Christian.  "Un classique américain: 'Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie'."  Positif n.484 (June 2001): 86-89.
• Hoppenstand, Gary and Floyd Barrows and Erik Lunde.  "Bringing the war home: William Wyler and World War II."  Film & History 27.1-4 (1997): 108-118.
• Beidler, Philip D.  "Remembering The Best Years of Our Lives."  Virginia Quarterly Review 72.4 (Autumn 1996): 589-604.
• Gerber, David A.  "Heroes and Misfits: The Troubled Social Reintegration of Disabled Veterans in The Best Years of Our Lives."  American Quarterly 46.4 (Dec. 1994): 545-74.
• Chell, Samuel L.  "Music and Emotion in the Classic Hollywood Film: The Case of The Best Years of Our Lives."  Film Criticism 8.2 (Winter 1984): 27-38.
• Cook, Page.  "The Sound Track."  Films in Review 30.5 (May 1979): 297+.
• Polonsky, Abraham.  "The Best Years of Our Lives: A Review."  Film Quarterly n.2 (1946/1947): 257.
• Turney, Harold.  "The Film of the Month: 'The Best Years of Our Lives'."  Dramatics 18.5 (Feb. 1947): 18.
• Parsons, Louella O.  "Cosmopolitan's Movie Citations of the Month."  Cosmopolitan n.122 (Jan. 1947): 67+.
• "Movie of the Week: The Best Years of Our Lives." Life magazine (16 Dec. 1946): 71-73.
• Crowther, Bosley.  "Superior Film: 'The Best Years of Our Lives' Rings the Bell."  New York Times (24 Nov. 1946): 81.
• Crowther, Bosley.  "The Best Years of Our Lives."  New York Times (22 Nov. 1946): 34.

Other citations:

• Hollywood Reporter (8 Aug 1944): 3.
• Hollywood Reporter (14 Sep 1944): 3.
• Hollywood Reporter (11 Sep 1945): 1.
• Hollywood Reporter (10 Oct 1945): 1.
• Hollywood Reporter (14 Jan 1946): 3.
• Hollywood Reporter (3 Mar 1946): 9.
• Hollywood Reporter (15 Mar 1946): 2.
• Hollywood Reporter (25 Mar 1946): 20.
• Hollywood Reporter (28 Mar 1946): 8.
• Hollywood Reporter (12 Apr 1946): 2.
• Hollywood Reporter (15 Apr 1946): 13.
• Hollywood Reporter (22 Jul 1946): 1.
• Hollywood Reporter (25 Jul 1946): 2.
• Hollywood Reporter (30 Jul 1946): 4.
• Hollywood Reporter (30 Aug 1946): 12.
• Hollywood Reporter (8 Nov 1946): 19.
• Hollywood Reporter (11 Nov 1946): 9.
• Hollywood Reporter (14 Nov 1946): 4.
• Hollywood Reporter (15 Nov 1946): 9.
• Motion Picture Herald Product Digest (16 Nov 1946): 3312.
• Hollywood Reporter (20 Nov 1946): 2.
• New York Times (22 Nov 1946): 27.
• Hollywood Reporter (22 Nov 1946): 3.
• Film Daily (22 Nov 1946): 7.
• Daily Variety (22 Nov 1946): 3-4.
• Hollywood Reporter (25 Nov 1946): 10.
• Variety (27 Nov 1946): 14.
• Motion Picture Herald Product Digest (30 Nov 1946): 3335.
• Hollywood Reporter (4 Dec 1946): 4.
• Hollywood Reporter (6 Dec 1946): 3.
• Box Office (7 Dec 1946).
• Down Beat (16 Dec 1946): 17.
• Los Angeles Times (26 Dec 1946).
• Motion Picture Daily (26 Dec 1946).
• Hollywood Reporter (31 Dec 1946): 1.
• Theatre Arts 31.1 (Jan. 1947): 38+.
• Look (21 Jan 1947): 88-90.
• Hollywood Reporter (5 Feb 1947): 5.
• Film Daily (18 Mar 1947).
• Motion Picture Herald (22 Mar 1947).
• Hollywood Citizen-News (27 Jun 1947).
• New York Times (11 Sep 1947).
• Variety (19 Apr 1948).
• New York Times (26 Apr 1953).
• Hollywood Reporter (30 Oct 1953).
• Los Angeles Times (1 Jul 1958).
• Daily Variety (4 May 1962).
• Toronto Film Society Newsletter (26 Mar. 1979).
• People (17 Aug 1992): 101.
• People (24 Aug 1992).

Other:

• "The Best Years of Our Lives: Interviews with Teresa Wright and Virginia Mayo" (HBO Home Video, 1997).
• "The Best Years of Our Lives" Original Motion Picture Score, London Philharmonic Orchestra recording booklet by Royal S. Brown (Entr'acte Records, 1979). 

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