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Since You Went Away
A love story of today's love and laughter
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.
- Original title
- Since You Went Away
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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Sep 6, 2022 · via TMDB
Claudette Colbert is great as the struggling "Anne", who must bring up her two daughters "Jane" (Jennifer Jones) and "Brig" (Shirley Temple) whilst her husband is off fighting in WWII. To assist with the usual problems of making ends meet, she must take in a lodger "Col. Smollett" (Monty Woolley). At times you cannot help but feel for this poor lady who is constantly at the end of her tether. Their lodger is fastidious to say the least - he hates children, pets and yes, who better to illustrate that military pomposity than an on-form Woolley. To add to her woes, the young "Jane" is obsessed with men - more particularly their family friend "Tony" (Joseph Cotton). A man some years her senior who joins the navy leaving poor old "Jane" unaware that she is the object of the affections of their house guest's rather hapless grandson "Bill" (Robert Walker). On the face of it, this all appears rather convoluted but Colbert, Woolley and Cotten really do gel well together providing a quickly paced and entertaining series of escapades that, though exaggerated, do ring true a little for many households during the war that were left bereft of funds and a father/husband. Temple features now and again, largely do-gooding for the war effort by collecting junk, and Jones delivers well as both girls have to grip up - whether they like it or not. Max Steiner provides a lively, jaunty, score that sets and keeps the pace engaging and sometimes frenetic - but it's Colbert who shows she is very much the star here. I enjoyed it.
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Claudette Colbert
Anne Hilton
Jennifer Jones
Jane Hilton
Joseph Cotten
Tony Willett
Shirley Temple
Bridget Hilton
Monty Woolley
William Smollett
Lionel Barrymore
Clergyman
Robert Walker
Bill Smollett
Hattie McDaniel
Fidelia
Agnes Moorehead
Emily Hawkins
Alla Nazimova
Zofia Koslowska
Albert Bassermann
Sigmund Golden
Gordon Oliver
Marine Officer Seeking Room
Keenan Wynn
Lieutenant Solomon
Guy Madison
Harold E. Smith
Craig Stevens
Danny Williams
Lloyd Corrigan
Mr. Mahoney
Jackie Moran
Johnny Mahoney
Dorothy Adams
Nurse (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Dorothy Dandridge
Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
John Derek
(uncredited)
Jimmie Dodd
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Rhonda Fleming
Girl at Dance (uncredited)
Ann Gillis
Becky Anderson (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Eager Sailor (uncredited)
Warren Hymer
Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Andrew V. McLaglen
Former Plowboy (uncredited)
Terry Moore
Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Ruth Roman
Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Soldier Hunting for Susie Fleming (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver
Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon (uncredited)
Butterfly McQueen
WAC Sergeant (uncredited)
Stanley Cortez
Director of Photography
John Cromwell
Director
David O. Selznick
Producer
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
David O. Selznick
Screenplay
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Jun 30, 1944
Los Angeles, California
Jul 20, 1944
