Since You Went Away (1944) - film review

Drama / War

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Since You Went Away is an American war film first released in 1944, directed by John Cromwell. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple and Monty Woolley. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: John Cromwell
Script: Margaret Buell Wilder, David O. Selznick
Music: Max Steiner
Cast: Claudette Colbert (Mrs. Anne Hilton), Jennifer Jones (Jane Deborah Hilton), Joseph Cotten (Lieutenant Tony Willett), Shirley Temple (Bridget ’Brig’ Hilton), Monty Woolley (Colonel William G. Smollett), Lionel Barrymore (Clergyman), Robert Walker (Corporal William G. ’Bill’ Smollett II), Hattie McDaniel (Fidelia), Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Emily Hawkins), Alla Nazimova (Zofia Koslowska), Albert Bassermann (Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden), Gordon Oliver (Marine Officer Seeking Room), Keenan Wynn (Lieutenant Solomon), Guy Madison (Sailor Harold E. Smith), Craig Stevens (Danny Williams), Lloyd Corrigan (Mr. Mahoney – Grocer), Jackie Moran (Johnny Mahoney), Christopher Adams (Train Passenger), Dorothy Adams (Nurse), Florence Allen (Bit Role), Robert Anderson (Patron at Bar), Irving Bacon (Bartender at Cocktail Lounge), Shelby Bacon (Black Couple’s Son), Walter Baldwin (Train Station Gateman), Cecil Ballerino (Patient at Potters Wheel), Dick Baron, Kirk Barron (Train Passenger), Warren Barr, Florence Bates (Hungry Woman on Train), Conrad Binyon (Page Boy), Lela Bliss (Gabby Woman on Telephone at Train Station), Lulu Mae Bohrman (Bit Role), Johnny Bond (AWOL Soldier in Train Station), Eddie Borden (Man in Movie Theatre), Warren Burr (Serious Soldier), James Bush (Man in Cocktail Lounge), James Carlisle (Sugar’s Officer Friend), George Chandler (Taxi Driver), Robert Cherry (Train Passenger), Loudie Claar (Young Mother), Wallis Clark (Man at Cocktail Lounge), Jimmy Clemons Jr. (Boy Caroler), Dorothy Dandridge (Black Officer’s Wife in Train Station), William B. Davidson (Taxpayer), Tom Dawson (Tough Bronx Soldier), Dulcie Day (Bit Role), John Derek (Bit Part), Jane Devlin (Gladys Brown), Adeline De Walt Reynolds (Elderly Woman on Train), Jimmie Dodd (Train Passenger), Steve Dunhill (Marine Lover), Mary Anne Durkin (Frightened Girl at Dance), Paul Esberg (Convalescent), Mrs. Roy Feldman (Soldier’s Grandmother), Rhonda Fleming (Girl at Dance), Byron Foulger (High School Principal), Jack Gardner (Patient in Wheelchair), Cindy Garner (Sugar), Ann Gillis (Becky Anderson – Class President), Buddy Gorman (Short Private on Dance Floor), Jonathan Hale (Second Train Conductor), Eddie Hall (Eager Sailor), Marilyn Hare (Merchant Marine’s Wife), Neila Hart, Harry Hayden (First Train Conductor), Joyce Horne (Swenson’s Girl Friend), Betsy Howard (Friend of Envious Girl at Train Station), Russell Hoyt (One-Armed Sailor), Warren Hymer (Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti), Earl Jacobs (One-Armed Boy), John James (Friendly Sergeant at Dance), Eilene Janssen (Sergeant’s Child in Train Station), Bobby Johnson (Black Officer in Train Station), Janelle Johnson Dolenz, Verna Knopf (Train Passenger), George Lloyd (Motorcycle Policeman), Peggy Maley (Marine’s Second Girl Friend), Dorothy Mann (Marine’s Girl Friend), Edwin Maxwell (Businessman in Cocktail Lounge), Andrew V. McLaglen (Former Plowboy), Harlan Miller (Military Policeman), Terry Moore (Refugee Child on Train), Neyle Morrow (Soldier Grandson), Leo Mostovoy (Headwaiter at Steak House), Don Najarian (Baby), Jon Najarian (Baby), Martha Outlaw (Train Passenger), Barbara Pepper (Bowling Alley Pin Girl), Patricia Peters (Tall WAC), Aileen Pringle (Woman at Cocktail Lounge), Ralph Reed (Convalescent), Terry Revell (Foreman), Addison Richards (Major Sam Atkins), Ruth Roman (Envious Girl in Train Station), Eric Sinclair (Voice in Convalescent Ward), Grady Sutton (Soldier Hunting for Susie Fleming), Ruth Valmy (Tony’s Friend), Theodore von Eltz (Hotel Desk Clerk), Jill Warren (Waitress), Steve Wayne (Bearded Sailor), Doodles Weaver (Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon), James Westerfield (Convalescent on Rehab Steps), Dick Whittington (Soda – the Dog), Charles Williams (Man in Cocktail Lounge), Douglas Wood (Man in Cocktail Lounge), Richard C. Wood (Convalescent)
Country: USA
Language: English / Yiddish
Runtime: 172 min; B&W

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