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

Since You Went Away (1944)

Poster for Since You Went Away

A love story of today's love and laughter

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
John Cromwell
  • Profile picture of Claudette Colbert
    Mrs. Anne Hilton Claudette Colbert
  • Profile picture of Jennifer Jones
    Jane Deborah Hilton Jennifer Jones
  • Profile picture of Joseph Cotten
    Lieutenant Tony Willett Joseph Cotten
  • Profile picture of Shirley Temple
    Bridget 'Brig' Hilton Shirley Temple
  • Profile picture of Monty Woolley
    Colonel William G. Smollett Monty Woolley
  • Profile picture of Lionel Barrymore
    Clergyman Lionel Barrymore
  • Profile picture of Robert Walker
    Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II Robert Walker
  • Profile picture of Hattie McDaniel
    Fidelia Hattie McDaniel

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Keywords

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