Since You Went Away

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Since You Went Away ★★★ ½ 1944

An American family copes with the tragedy, heartache and shortages of wartime in classic megatribute to the home front. Be warned: very long and bring your hankies. Colbert is superb, as is the photography. John Derek unobtrusively made his film debut, as an extra. 172m/B VHS, DVD . Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Monty Woolley, Guy Madison, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Walker, Hattie McDaniel, Keenan Wynn, Craig Stevens, Albert Bassermann, Alla Nazimova, Lloyd Corrigan, Terry Moore, Florence Bates, Ruth Roman, Andrew V. McLaglen, Dorothy Dandridge, Rhonda Fleming, Addison Richards, Jackie Moran; D: John Cromwell; W: David O. Selznick; C: Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes; M: Max Steiner. Oscars '44: Orig. Dramatic Score.

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