Since You Went Away is WWII movie about the Homefront, not the war. When housewife Anne Hilton's (Claudette Colbert) husband goes away to war, she must struggle on alone to raise their two daughters, Jane (Jennifer Jones) and Bridget (Shirley Temple). With a tight budget, Anne is forced to take in two lodgers, elderly ex-soldier Col. William G. Smollett (Monty Woolley) and handsome Lt. Tony Willet (Joseph Cotten). However, loyal maid Fidelia (Hattie McDaniel) stays on unpaid and the makeshift household pulls together through home front hardships.
The movie is overly sentimental at times but does give a good picture of homelike during the war with some very good performances. Selznick pulled out all the stops in creating the cast which includes Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Monty Wooley, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Walker, Hattie McDaniel, Agnes Moorehead, Alla Nazimova, Keenan Wynn, Guy Madison, Craig Stevens, Jackie Moran, George Chandler, Dorothy Dandridge, Rhonda Fleming, Terry Moore, Ruth Roman, and Butterfly McQueen
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The movie is overly sentimental at times but does give a good picture of homelike during the war with some very good performances. Selznick pulled out all the stops in creating the cast which includes Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Monty Wooley, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Walker, Hattie McDaniel, Agnes Moorehead, Alla Nazimova, Keenan Wynn, Guy Madison, Craig Stevens, Jackie Moran, George Chandler, Dorothy Dandridge, Rhonda Fleming, Terry Moore, Ruth Roman, and Butterfly McQueen
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Complete Movie
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