Since You Went Away is a 1944 film directed by John Cromwell for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It is an epic about the American home front during World War II which was adapted and produced by David O. Selznick from the 1943 novel Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife by Margaret Buell Wilder. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes, George Barnes (uncredited) and Robert Bruce (uncredited).
The movie is set in a mid-sized American town, where people with loved ones in the military try to cope with their changed circumstances and make their own contributions to the war effort. The main characters are a housewife whose husband is away in the service and her two daughters who are just growing into womanhood. The story runs from early January to late December 1943; the film itself was made in late 1943 and early 1944.[citation needed] Though sentimental, Since You Went Away is more somber and realistic about the carnage of war and the pain of separation than some[specify] other homefront movies made during World War II.
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The movie is set in a mid-sized American town, where people with loved ones in the military try to cope with their changed circumstances and make their own contributions to the war effort. The main characters are a housewife whose husband is away in the service and her two daughters who are just growing into womanhood. The story runs from early January to late December 1943; the film itself was made in late 1943 and early 1944.[citation needed] Though sentimental, Since You Went Away is more somber and realistic about the carnage of war and the pain of separation than some[specify] other homefront movies made during World War II.
| Directed by | John Cromwell |
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| Produced by | David O. Selznick |
| Screenplay by | David O. Selznick |
| Based on | Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife by Margaret Buell Wilder |
| Starring | Claudette Colbert Jennifer Jones Shirley Temple Joseph Cotten |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez Lee Garmes |
| Studio | Selznick International Pictures |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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| Running time | 172 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.4 million[1] |
| Box office | $4,950,000 (US/ Canada rentals) [2] |
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