The summer after that...

The summer after that...

Oktober 29, 2020
Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Since You Went Away, World War II

There is a scene in Since You Went Away (1944) of such gossamer poignance that we might miss the impact just because it is a fleeting, thro...

Three Came Home - 1950

Three Came Home - 1950

Agustus 27, 2020
A Town Like Alice, blogathon, Claudette Colbert, Florence Desmond, Mark Keuning, Patric Knowles, Sessue Hayakawa, Three Came Home

Three Came Home (1950) is notable for its presentation of courageous women struggling to survive in a Japanese prison camp during World War...

Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore - Since You Went Away (1944)

Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore - Since You Went Away (1944)

Agustus 15, 2019
Albert Basserman, Carl Sandburg, Claudette Colbert, Craig Stevens, David O. Selznick, Emma Lazarus, fascism, Jennifer Jones, Nazimova, Since You Went Away, World War II

Since You Went Away (1944) is a tribute to the American home front during World War II, its cozy, meandering plot glowing with quiet moment...

Trivia Answers - Women in Men's Jammies

Trivia Answers - Women in Men's Jammies

Januari 27, 2011
Alexis Smith, Block-Heads, Claudette Colbert, Here Comes the Groom, It Happened One Night, Jean Arthur, Patricia Ellis, The Talk of the Town, trivia

I'm impressed by how you folks notice the little things, and especially to our Caftan Woman, who certainly knows her PJs like nobody...

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

Mei 28, 2007
Claudette Colbert, George Reeves, Memorial Day, Paulette Goddard, So Proudly We Hail, Veronica Lake, Walter Abel, World War II

Today is Memorial Day in the U.S., when we commemorate members of the American armed forces who have lost their lives in war. Among the man...

Since You Went Away (1944)

Since You Went Away (1944)

April 19, 2007
Claudette Colbert, David O. Selznick, Hattie McDaniel, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Monty Woolley, Since You Went Away

What if Bill was not killed? What if Anne had started work at the war plant at the beginning of the film and not the end? What if her harm...