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...

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...

War Stories - Part 3 - "Love Letters" - 1945

War Stories - Part 3 - "Love Letters" - 1945

Desember 09, 2010
Ann Richards, Ayn Rand, Cecil Kellaway, Gladys George, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Love Letters, Robert Sully, World War II

“Love Letters” (1945) is our third and last in the series of “war stories”. It’s a love story, and a mystery that doesn’t really need The Wa...

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...