
Since You Went Away (1944)
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- Approved
- 2h 57min
- Drama, Romance
- 20 Jul 1944 (USA)
- Movie
With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.
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Awards:
- Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations.
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Complete, Cast awaiting verification
Claudette Colbert | ... |
Anne Hilton
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Jennifer Jones | ... |
Jane Hilton
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Joseph Cotten | ... |
Lt. Tony Willett
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Shirley Temple | ... |
Brig Hilton
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Monty Woolley | ... |
Col. William G. Smollett
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Lionel Barrymore | ... |
Clergyman
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Robert Walker | ... |
Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd
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Hattie McDaniel | ... |
Fidelia
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Agnes Moorehead | ... |
Emily Hawkins
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Alla Nazimova | ... |
Zofia Koslowska
(as Nazimova)
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Albert Bassermann | ... |
Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden
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Gordon Oliver | ... |
Marine Officer Seeking Room
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Keenan Wynn | ... |
Lt. Solomon
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Guy Madison | ... |
Hal Smith
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Craig Stevens | ... |
Danny Williams
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Lloyd Corrigan | ... |
Mr. Mahoney
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Jackie Moran | ... |
Johnny Mahoney
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Christopher Adams | ... |
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Dorothy Adams | ... |
Nurse (uncredited)
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Foncilla Adams | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Florence Allen | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Robert Andersen | ... |
Patron at Bar (uncredited)
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Irving Bacon | ... |
Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
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Shelby Bacon | ... |
Black Couple's Son (uncredited)
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Walter Baldwin | ... |
Train Station Gateman (uncredited)
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Cecil Ballerino | ... |
Patient at Potters Wheel (uncredited)
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Dick Baron | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Warren Barr | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Kirk Barron | ... |
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Florence Bates | ... |
Hungry Woman on Train (uncredited)
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Conrad Binyon | ... |
Page Boy (uncredited)
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Lela Bliss | ... |
Gabby Woman on Telephone at Train Station (uncredited)
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Lulu Mae Bohrman | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Johnny Bond | ... |
AWOL Soldier in Train Station (uncredited)
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Eddie Borden | ... |
Man in Movie Theatre (uncredited)
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Warren Burr | ... |
Serious Soldier (uncredited)
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James Bush | ... |
Man in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
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James Carlisle | ... |
Sugar's Officer Friend (uncredited)
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George Chandler | ... |
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Robert Cherry | ... |
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Noble 'Kid' Chissell | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Loudie Claar | ... |
Young Mother (uncredited)
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Wallis Clark | ... |
Man at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
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Jimmy Clemons Jr. | ... |
Boy Caroler (uncredited)
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Dorothy Dandridge | ... |
Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
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William B. Davidson | ... |
Taxpayer (uncredited)
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Tom Dawson | ... |
Tough Bronx Soldier (uncredited)
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Dulce Day | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Adeline De Walt Reynolds | ... |
Elderly Woman on Train (uncredited)
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John Derek | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Jane Devlin | ... |
Gladys Brown (uncredited)
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Jimmie Dodd | ... |
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Steve Dunhill | ... |
Marine Lover (uncredited)
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Mary Anne Durkin | ... |
Frightened Girl at Dance (uncredited)
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Paul Esberg | ... |
Convalescent (uncredited)
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Ruth Feldman | ... |
Soldier's Grandmother (uncredited)
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Rhonda Fleming | ... |
Girl at Dance (uncredited)
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Byron Foulger | ... |
High School Principal (uncredited)
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Jack Gardner | ... |
Patient in Wheelchair (uncredited)
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Cindy Garner | ... |
Sugar (uncredited)
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Ann Gillis | ... |
Becky Anderson (uncredited)
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Buddy Gorman | ... |
Short Private on Dance Floor (uncredited)
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Jonathan Hale | ... |
Second Train Conductor (uncredited)
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Eddie Hall | ... |
Eager Sailor (uncredited)
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Marilyn Hare | ... |
Merchant Marine's Wife (uncredited)
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Neila Hart | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Harry Hayden | ... |
First Train Conductor (uncredited)
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Joyce Horne | ... |
Swenson's Girl Friend (uncredited)
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Betsy Howard | ... |
Friend of Envious Girl at Train Station (uncredited)
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Russell Hoyt | ... |
One-Armed Sailor (uncredited)
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Warren Hymer | ... |
Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (uncredited)
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Earl Jacobs | ... |
One-Armed Boy (uncredited)
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John James | ... |
Friendly Sergeant at Dance (uncredited)
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Eilene Janssen | ... |
Sergeant's Child in Train Station (uncredited)
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Janelle Johnson Dolenz | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Bobby Johnson | ... |
Black Officer in Train Station (uncredited)
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Verna Knopf | ... |
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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George Lloyd | ... |
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
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Peggy Maley | ... |
Marine's Second Girl Friend (uncredited)
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Dorothy Mann | ... |
Marine's Girl Friend (uncredited)
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Edwin Maxwell | ... |
Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
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Andrew V. McLaglen | ... |
Former Plowboy (uncredited)
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Butterfly McQueen | ... |
WAC Sergeant (uncredited)
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Harlan Miller | ... |
Military Policeman (uncredited)
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Terry Moore | ... |
Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
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Neyle Morrow | ... |
Soldier Grandson (uncredited)
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Leo Mostovoy | ... |
Headwaiter at Steak House (uncredited)
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Don Najarian | ... |
Baby (uncredited)
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Jon Najarian | ... |
Baby (uncredited)
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Martha Outlaw | ... |
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Barbara Pepper | ... |
Bowling Alley Pin Girl (uncredited)
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Patricia Peters | ... |
Tall WAC (uncredited)
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Aileen Pringle | ... |
Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
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Ralph Reed | ... |
Convalescent (uncredited)
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Gerry Revell | ... |
Foreman (uncredited)
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Addison Richards | ... |
Maj. Sam Atkins (uncredited)
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Ruth Roman | ... |
Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)
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Eric Sinclair | ... |
Voice in Convalescent Ward (uncredited) (voice)
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Grady Sutton | ... |
Soldier Hunting for Susie Fleming (uncredited)
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Ruth Valmy | ... |
Tony's Friend (uncredited)
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Theodore von Eltz | ... |
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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Jill Warren | ... |
Waitress (uncredited)
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Steve Wayne | ... |
Bearded Sailor (uncredited)
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Doodles Weaver | ... |
Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon (uncredited)
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James Westerfield | ... |
Convalescent on Rehab Steps (uncredited)
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Dick Whittington | ... |
Soda (uncredited)
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Charles Williams | ... |
Man in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
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Douglas Wood | ... |
Man in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
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Richard C. Wood | ... |
Convalescent (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Cromwell | ||
Edward F. Cline | ... | (uncredited) |
Tay Garnett | ... | (uncredited) |
David O. Selznick | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
Margaret Buell Wilder | ... | (adaptation) |
Margaret Buell Wilder | ... | (book "Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife") |
David O. Selznick | ... | (screenplay: by the producer) |
Produced by
David O. Selznick | ... | producer |
Music by
Max Steiner |
Cinematography by
Stanley Cortez | ... | (photographed by) |
Lee Garmes | ... | (photographed by) |
George Barnes | ... | (uncredited) |
Robert Bruce | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
Hal C. Kern | ... | supervising film editor |
John Faure | ... | (uncredited) |
Arthur Fellows | ... | (uncredited) |
Marsh Hendry | ... | (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
James E. Newcom | ... | associate film editor |
André De Toth | ... | montage (uncredited) |
Production Design by
William L. Pereira |
Makeup Department
Peggy Higgins | ... | hair stylist (uncredited) |
Margaret Martin | ... | associate hair stylist (uncredited) |
William Riddle | ... | associate makeup supervisor (uncredited) |
Robert Stephanoff | ... | makeup supervisor (uncredited) |
Production Management
Fred Ahern | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
John Burch | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Richard Johnston | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Raymond A. Klune | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
George Yohalem | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lowell J. Farrell | ... | assistant director |
Edward F. Cline | ... | director: comedy sequences (uncredited) |
Tay Garnett | ... | director: crowd sequences (uncredited) |
Art Department
Victor A. Gangelin | ... | interior decorator |
Mark-Lee Kirk | ... | settings (as Mark Lee Kirk) |
Robert Ashton | ... | draftsman (uncredited) |
William Connor | ... | draftsman (uncredited) |
Arden Cripe | ... | props (uncredited) |
Harold Fenton | ... | construction superintendent (uncredited) |
James Forney | ... | draperies (uncredited) |
J. McMillan Johnson | ... | production artist (uncredited) |
Roy McLaughlin | ... | greens (uncredited) |
Frank Pereu | ... | draftsman (uncredited) |
Frederick Robinson | ... | production artist (uncredited) |
A. Leslie Thomas | ... | production artist (uncredited) |
Fred Widdowson | ... | props (uncredited) |
Alfred Ybarra | ... | chief draftsman (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Percy Townsend | ... | recorder |
Charles L. Freeman | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Arthur Johns | ... | sound re-recordist (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Jack Cosgrove | ... | special effects |
Clarence Slifer | ... | special effects associate (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Spencer Bagdatopolis | ... | Matte painter |
Camera and Electrical Department
Schuyler Crail | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Eddie Fitzgerald | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Kenneth Meade | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
James Potevin | ... | chief electrician (uncredited) |
Morris Rosen | ... | chief grip (uncredited) |
Harvey L. Slocomb | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Harry Webb | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Ruth Burch | ... | casting manager (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elmer Ellsworth | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Adele Sadler | ... | wardrobe associate (uncredited) |
Music Department
Louis Forbes | ... | associate music director |
David Buttolph | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) |
Adolph Deutsch | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) |
Gil Grau | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Louis Kaufman | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
William Lava | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) |
Jerome Moross | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Frank Perkins | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Leonid Raab | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Frank Skinner | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Max Steiner | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Alexander Tansman | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) |
Eugene Zador | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Lydia Schiller | ... | script girl (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Barbara Keon | ... | production assistant |
David O. Selznick | ... | presenter: his production of |
J.G. Taylor | ... | technical advisor (as Lt. Col. J.G. Taylor U. S. Army) |
Jack Beaman | ... | technical advisor: Red Cross scenes (uncredited) |
Ulrie Bell | ... | technical assistant: Office of War Information (uncredited) |
Gianfranco Bellini | ... | italian voice dubbing: Guy Madison (uncredited) |
Amelia Beretta | ... | italian voice dubbing: Florence Bates (uncredited) |
Mario Besesti | ... | italian voice dubbing: Monty Wooley (uncredited) |
A.J. Bolton | ... | technical assistant: U.S. Navy (uncredited) |
Miranda Bonansea | ... | italian voice dubbing: Shirley Temple (uncredited) |
Emilio Cigoli | ... | italian voice dubbing: Joseph Cotten (uncredited) |
Mignon Cocco | ... | italian voice dubbing: Hattie McDaniel (uncredited) |
William S. Cunningham | ... | technical assistant: Office of War Information (uncredited) |
Tom Douglas | ... | consultant: Hilton house (uncredited) |
Cesare Fantoni | ... | italian voice dubbing: George Lloyd (uncredited) |
Sarah Catherine Haney | ... | researcher (uncredited) |
Tommy Hanlon Jr. | ... | technical advisor: Joseph Cotton (uncredited) |
Tina Lattanzi | ... | italian voice dubbing: Agnes Moorehead (uncredited) |
A. Joan O'Brien | ... | researcher (uncredited) |
Giulio Panicali | ... | italian voice dubbing: Robert Walker (uncredited) |
Amilcare Pettinelli | ... | italian voice dubbing: Lionel Barrymore (uncredited) |
Corrado Racca | ... | italian voice dubbing: Albert Bassermann (uncredited) |
Giuseppe Rinaldi | ... | italian voice dubbing: Craig Stevens (uncredited) |
May E. Romm | ... | technical assistant (uncredited) |
Giovanna Scotto | ... | italian voice dubbing: Claudette Colbert (uncredited) |
David O. Selznick | ... | fill-in director (uncredited) |
Lydia Simoneschi | ... | italian voice dubbing: Jennifer Jones (uncredited) |
Iris Taylor | ... | technical advisor: Red Cross scenes (uncredited) |
Walter L. Treadway | ... | technical assistant: U.S. Public Health Service medical director (uncredited) |
Renato Turi | ... | italian voice dubbing: Keenan Wynn (uncredited) |
Charles Walters | ... | dance director (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- United Artists (1944) (United States) (theatrical) (released by)
- United Artists (1944) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1945) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1947) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Eagle-Lion Films (1949) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release) (edited)
- Selznick Releasing Organization (1956) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Viacom International (1977) (United States) (tv)
- Nord Video (1981) (Norway) (video) (Beta) (Video 2000)
- CBS/Fox (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (2000) (United States) (VHS)
- Kino Lorber (2017) (United States) (DVD)
- Kino Lorber (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Epoca (Argentina) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (acknowledgement)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the Colonel's grandson conduct.
Written by Ron Kerrigan |
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Taglines | Great! . . . A Story So Warm . . . So Human . . . So Real . . . you'll wish it might never end! With seven great stars who were never greater! See more » |
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Parents Guide | Add content advisory for parents » |
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Budget | $3,257,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Jennifer Jones and Robert Walker play young lovers. In real life, they were at the end of a failed marriage and divorced shortly after. She later married David O. Selznick, the producer of this film. See more » |
Goofs | Colonel Smollett (Monty Woolley) struggled to place a garden glove on his right hand. Later, during the same scene in the victory garden, he wears a glove only on his left hand. At the start of the scene he was wearing two gloves. He took them both off, and then put on the right glove upside down before putting on the left glove. Next, when his hands (and soon all of him), were entirely off camera, he had enough time to remove the right glove, which he then carried in his gloved left hand. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in America at the Movies (1976). See more » |
Soundtracks | There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home) See more » |
Crazy Credits | Opening credits prologue: This is a story of the Unconquerable Fortress: the American Home . . . 1943 See more » |
Quotes |
Anne Hilton:
Jane, dear, come into the living room. I'd like to talk to you. Jane Hilton: What's the matter, Mom? Anne Hilton: Well, mayn't I talk to you if I want to? Jane Hilton: Of course, but you sound so strange. Anne Hilton: Do I? I'm sorry, I don't mean to. Jane Hilton: What is it? Why couldn't Brig hear? Is that why you sent her - ? Not about... Pop. Anne Hilton: No. Sit down, darling. Jane, dear, I'm terribly proud of the way you've grown up. I'm sorry Pop missed it. Jane Hilton: Oh, is that all? That's sweet of you, Mother. Anne Hilton: No, dear, it isn't... Jane Hilton: It's so wonderful being at the hospital. I wish you could come and visit. Anne Hilton: I will. Jane Hilton: But some of it's so sad. If you could see those boys. And they're so cheerful, most of them. Anne Hilton: I know. They have such courage. I like to think that you have that kind of courage, too, darling. Jane Hilton: What are you trying to tell me? Anne Hilton: That when a man goes off to war, we have to be... Jane Hilton: Bill! Anne Hilton: The telegram came just a few minutes ago. It was addressed to you, but I opened it. Jane Hilton: Did it say he was missing, or what? I don't care if he's wounded, I don't care what's happened to him, if only... Anne Hilton: No, dear, it said he... it said he died in action at Salerno. Jane Hilton: Oh, it couldn't be! It couldn't be! It could be a mistake, couldn't it, Mother? I've heard that sometimes - sometimes they get the names mixed up. Anne Hilton: Oh, no, honey, you mustn't fool yourself! That would be the worst thing of all. You've got to face it, as hard and cruel as it is. Jane Hilton: Yes, I know. I've known it all along. Oh, Mother! Anne Hilton: Cry, darling. Cry your heart out. I won't try to tell you that you'll get over it soon, because it will take time - maybe a long time. See more » |