Since You Went Away (1944)

An excellent film about life on the homefront and the struggles therein when men went off to fight World War II. Claudette Colbert gives a fine performance as a “well to do” woman who must struggle with the financial hardships which follow. Great performances by Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple as her daughters Monty Woolley as the border she takes in Joseph Cotten as a supportive family friend Lionel Barrymore as a clergyman Robert Walker as a local boy who becomes a soldier and falls for Jones Hattie McDaniel in her typical role and Agnes Moorehead in hers. Colbert Jones and Woolley were nominated for Oscars as was this David O. Selznick production as Best Picture. Max Steiner’s score won.

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