Since You Went Away

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

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

as Mrs. Anne Hilton

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

as Jane Deborah Hilton

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

as Lieutenant Tony Willett

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton

Monty Woolley

Monty Woolley

as Colonel William G. Smollett

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

as Clergyman

Robert Walker

Robert Walker

as Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel

as Fidelia

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

as Mrs. Emily Hawkins

Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova

as Zofia Koslowska

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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). A...

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