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...

Classic movies for comfort...

Classic movies for comfort...

Mei 21, 2020
blogathon, I'll Be Seeing You, Meet John Doe, Mrs. Miniver, Since You Went Away, The Best Years of Our Lives

When I think of movies that are most comforting to me in times of turmoil, I think of World War II-era “home front” films. They are not roll...

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...

Grady Sutton

Grady Sutton

Juni 23, 2011
Barrie Chase, Casanova Brown, Gary Cooper, Grady Sutton, Lucille Ball, Since You Went Away, Stage Door, The Freshman, The More the Merrier, White Christmas

A long time ago the fellow with this pleasant face began in the movies in a walk-on part with no lines (it was a silent movie, after all), a...

Superman's Early Fans

Superman's Early Fans

November 15, 2010
Charles Coburn, Fleets of Stren'th, Monty Woolley, Olive Oyl, Popeye, She-Sick Sailors, Since You Went Away, Superman, The More the Merrier

“Where is Superman?” Monty Woolley irritably rustles the pages of his newspaper in “Since You Went Away” (1944) - covered in this previous ...

All Aboard - Trains in the Movies

All Aboard - Trains in the Movies

Agustus 16, 2007
42nd Street, Movie Maniacs, Shadow of a Doubt, Since You Went Away, Sullivans Travels, The Great Train Robbery, The Harvey Girls, The Thin Man Goes Home, The Three Stooges, White Christmas

The movies began with “The Great Train Robbery,” (1903) a film that lasted all of ten minutes and gave birth to our fascination with the fli...

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...