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A three-hour weepy extraordinaire, this 1944 offering from producer David O. Selznick (who also wrote the screenplay) was a tribute to all the families who stayed behind while their men went off to fi...( read more
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When I first saw this film 30 years ago I remember thinking that Claudette Colbert would make the perfect Mom. Today I find myself thinking that she personifies the ideal wife. What will I be thinking 30 years from now?
How can you not like a film that has Colbert and Agnes Moorehead and Hattie McDaniel and Jennifer Jones (from Okla-freakin-homa) and Joseph Cotton and Lionel Barrymore and Shirley Temple? Since You Went Away is a nostalgic but somewhat long-winded tribute to the service men and women of WWII and the families they left behind.
Did I mention that it's somewhat long-winded? Overtures and intermissions should be the stuff of grandiose epics, not sentimental family dramas. A few more cuts in the editing room would have done wonders for the film's overall eminence (and my overall posterior). My recommendation is this; watch it while sitting on a comfortable pillow.
I LOVE this movie. A great story from WWII days. Really tugs at the heartstrings. Hattie McDaniel and Agnes Moorehead have great parts.
long and at times a little heavy on the corn but also very touching with beautiful cinematography and fine performances.
i saw this a logn time ago. claudette colbert is so cool! this is a long movie but its easy to get interested. joseph cotton is also the best part of the movie. and monty wooly is good. it makes me cry and it is realistic about the war i think. its such a good movie that talks about a stroy thats very familiar. people dont change. they dont make movies like this anymore.
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