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Since You Went Away

Since You Went Away

A love story of today's love and laughter

19446.52h 57m

Overview

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.

Directed by John Cromwell
Written by David O. Selznick, Margaret Buell Wilder
Produced by David O. Selznick
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Top Cast

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

Mrs. Anne Hilton

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

Jane Deborah Hilton

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Lieutenant Tony Willett

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton

Monty Woolley

Monty Woolley

Colonel William G. Smollett

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Clergyman

Robert Walker

Robert Walker

Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel

Fidelia

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Mrs. Emily Hawkins

Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova

Zofia Koslowska

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or booklodgerloveteenage girlmidwesthome frontwar effortrationingmother daughter relationship

About Since You Went Away

Since You Went Away is a drama, romance, war film released in 1944 exploring themes of based on novel or book, lodger, love, teenage girl, midwest, home front. Directed by John Cromwell, it stars Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten. 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.

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