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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792862185
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 079286218X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 19, 2004
Running Time: 177 minutes
Sales Rank: 5209
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: July 20, 1944
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Nominated* for nine Academy Awards® this heart-warming soul-stirring (Variety) portrait of life on the homefront during World War II is a magnificent picture rich in humor and poignant with heartbreak (The Hollywood Reporter). Claudette Colbert heads an all-star cast including Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten and Shirley Temple in this beautifully produced picture that gets into your heart (Los Angeles Examiner). With her husband Tim off at war Anne Hilton (Colbert) struggles to be a pillar of strength for her daughters Jane (Jones) and Bridget (Temple). During America s darkest hours she bravely steers her girls through heartbreak and hardships as she eagerly awaits news from overseas and wonders if life will ever be the same.System Requirements: Running Time 177 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 027616912022 Manufacturer No: 1007060
Amazon.com:
A three-hour weepy extraordinaire, this 1944 offering from producer David O. Selznick (who also wrote the screenplay) was a tribute to all the families who stayed behind while their men went off to fight in World War II. Claudette Colbert is the mother of daughters Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple; first seen coming home after dropping her war-bound husband at the train, she becomes the model of courage and strength on the homefront. The plot has a Saturday Evening Post feel today, as it follows the family's day-to-day life and struggles, whether with a crotchety boarder (a delightfully starchy Monty Woolley) or oldest daughter Jones's doomed romance with departing serviceman Robert Walker. They don't make them like this anymore and it's too bad. Nominated for a fistful of Oscars, it took only one, for its shadow-drenched black-and-white cinematography. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Too Dated for Today
Okay, I love old B&W movies but this can't hold a candle to "Mrs. Miniver" (now there was a woman who knew how to cope) and "The Best Years of Our Lives." I found Colbert's character so annoying..her big hardship was that she couldn't afford her maid and she didn't know how to manage money, because obviously Hubby did all that before he was shipped out and I guess she just sat around in her designer clothes and looked pretty. Also, I know that times were different when this was made but the ... Read More
Rating:  - Another great classic
I have loved this movie since I was a kid watching the Million Dollar Movie.
If you like old movies & appreciate great film making try this one.
Rating: - Wonderful Memory film
I have watched this movie many many times. I can so relate to this wonderful movie. I am so happy I have it in my possession, I can watch it as many times I like. Thank you so much for having it available.
Rating:  - Since You Went Away
A heart warming view of the "... love ones back home." The right mix of drama, comedy, and the usually hanky moments. This movie has the usual war story line of separated families during hard times. Very good movie.
Rating:  - Epic-Length Home-Front WWII Soap Opera Has Colbert and Some Startling Camerawork
Two things still stand out in this elongated, patriotic 1944 soap opera produced in immaculate style by David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind, Rebecca) - the natural, self-effacing warmth of Claudette Colbert's portrayal of a WWII wife and mother holding down her home as her husband goes off to war, and the striking black-and-white cinematography by Lee Garmes and Stanley Cortez, who use a lot of deep focus and long shadows to accentuate the more dramatic moments. Look at the dance sequence in the ... Read More
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