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“Since You Went Away” was released in 1944 and shows a different side of war - families coping with life stateside. The peerless Claudette Colbert stars as Anne Hilton, and the picture picks up with her entering her empty home after her husband has been deployed. She struggles to put on a happy face for her teen daughters, played by Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple. All three of them make sacrifices and experience tragedies as they bravely endure war which impinges on their previously ideal middle-class life. Into their lives come an abrasive, retired Colonel (Monty Woolley), the Colonel’s timid son (Robert Walker, who was married to Jennifer Jones at the time), and a charming family friend who is stationed nearby (Joseph Cotton).
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Producer David O. Selznick wanted the movie to be as superior as his earlier “Gone with the Wind.” That comparison is a bit lofty, but “Since You Went Away” is extremely good - a top-notch Hollywood film in every way. The casting and acting are superlative, particularly Colbert; Temple is also quite good in one of her few young adult roles. The direction by John Cromwell (father of actor James) is stunning, with a multitude of intimate scenes interspersed with some incredible set-pieces, such as the USO cantina dance. Perhaps the most famous scene takes place in a train station, with Jennifer Jones tearfully biding goodbye to her boyfriend as she runs alongside his train. The scene was even parodied in “Airplane!”
Although the film teeters toward melodrama at times and the movie is undeniably glossy, but the script is so pitch-perfect and warm that it manages to be tremendously effective. The film may sound like an American retread of 1942’s “Mrs. Miniver,” but the plot is quite different and even funny at times. The film received a number of Oscar nominations: Picture, Actress (Colbert), Supporting Actor (Woolley), Supporting Actress (Jones); it won for best score. “Since You Went Away” is one of the finest war movies of the 1940s; however, perhaps because of its rather genteel tone, it’s been somewhat forgotten, which is really a shame. Most highly recommended.
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I respectfully disagree that this is a film for women only. I’ve loved this film since I first saw it as a teenager. Claudette Colbert was never better than in her role as Ann Hilton; she manages to balance passion and dignity in her own unique manner. Joseph Cotton is unmatched as the family’s best friend, so suave and yet sensitive. I’ve always been a great admirer of the underrated Agnes Moorhead, and she rivals her part in “Dark Passage” with her role as a flighty and selfish man-chaser here. Monty Wooley was every bit as memorable here as in “The Man Who Came to Dinner”. Shirley Temple’s part was somewhat limited but she proved herself well.
I found it awkward when the immigrant co-worker of Colbert recited the Lazarus poem off the Statue of Liberty, particularly in view of the segregation of American society and the military. That couldn’t be helped in this production, of course.
The entire production is typical of the best of Hollywood then–in other words, yet to be matched by today’s filmmakers. The richness of the black-and-white, the basic camera work, the perfect sets. It’s why I love these old films.
True, this film is a tearjerker. Nothing wrong with that. True, it might be viewed as a form of propoganda. Nothing wrong with that, either. It remains an eloquent testament to a nation and a time when the ‘bad guys’ were easy to identify. At the least, I hope viewing this will remind all of us to contribute to the WW II Memorial in Washington!
BTW when is this coming out on DVD?
PS–11/26/04–I just got the DVD version–fantastic video and sound quality, all one could ask. Still the classic, still with an emotional honesty sadly lacking in more modern films.
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