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Since You Went Away( 1944)

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A love story of today's love and laughter

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Claudette Colbert

      Mrs. Anne Hilton

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      Jennifer Jones

      Jane Deborah Hilton

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      Joseph Cotten

      Lieutenant Tony Willett

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      Shirley Temple

      Bridget 'Brig' Hilton

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      Monty Woolley

      Colonel William G. Smollett

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      Lionel Barrymore

      Clergyman

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      Robert Walker

      Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II

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      Hattie McDaniel

      Fidelia

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      Agnes Moorehead

      Mrs. Emily Hawkins

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      Alla Nazimova

      Zofia Koslowska

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      Albert Bassermann

      Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden

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      Gordon Oliver

      Marine Officer Seeking Room

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      Keenan Wynn

      Lieutenant Solomon

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      Guy Madison

      Sailor Harold E. Smith

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      Craig Stevens

      Danny Williams

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      Lloyd Corrigan

      Mr. Mahoney - Grocer

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      Jackie Moran

      Johnny Mahoney

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      Dorothy Adams

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Irving Bacon

      Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

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      Conrad Binyon

      Page Boy (uncredited)

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      Dorothy Dandridge

      Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)

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      John Derek

      Minor Role (uncredited)

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      Jimmie Dodd

      Train Passenger (uncredited)

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      Rhonda Fleming

      Girl at Dance (uncredited)

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      Ann Gillis

      Becky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)

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      Eddie Hall

      Eager Sailor (uncredited)

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      Warren Hymer

      Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (uncredited)

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      Edwin Maxwell

      Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

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      Andrew V. McLaglen

      Former Plowboy (uncredited)

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      Terry Moore

      Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)

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      Aileen Pringle

      Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

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      Ruth Roman

      Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)

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      Grady Sutton

      Soldier Hunting for Susie Fleming (uncredited)

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      Theodore von Eltz

      Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

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      Doodles Weaver

      Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon (uncredited)

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      Butterfly McQueen

      WAC Sergeant (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Sep 06 2022
    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 wit...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • lodger
    • love
    • teenage girl
    • midwest
    • home front
    • war effort
    • rationing
    • mother daughter relationship