Screenplay:
David O. SelznickComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Monty Woolley, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Walker, Hattie McDaniel, Agnes Moorehead (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Claudette Colbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339131_abedb0.png)
Claudette Colbert
France
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Midnight (1939)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
![Jennifer Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349829_08d7c3.png)
Jennifer Jones
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
![Joseph Cotten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267528_2ea5a9.jpg)
Joseph Cotten
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The 3rd Man (1949)
![Shirley Temple](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268114_4776ab.jpg)
Shirley Temple
USA
Best movies:
Heidi (1937)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
![Monty Woolley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505192_339734.jpg)
Monty Woolley
USA
Best movies:
Midnight (1939)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Three Comrades (1938)
![Lionel Barrymore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339173_522bbe.png)
Lionel Barrymore
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Captains Courageous (1937)
West of Zanzibar (1928)
![Robert Walker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394617_7ed52c.jpg)
Robert Walker
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Madame Curie (1943)
![Hattie McDaniel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337539_a0cb36.jpg)
Hattie McDaniel
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Carefree (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
![Agnes Moorehead](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267529_9ee2bd.jpg)
Agnes Moorehead
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Caged (1950)
The Stratton Story (1949)
![Alla Nazimova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276127_273684.jpg)
Alla Nazimova
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Camille (1921)
Since You Went Away (1944)
Salomé (1923)
![Albert Bassermann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496818_0cf7a6.jpg)
Albert Bassermann
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Madame Curie (1943)
![Gordon Oliver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/286/161286803_d61a97.jpg)
Gordon Oliver
USA
Best movies:
Jezebel (1938)
Since You Went Away (1944)
San Quentin (1937)
![Keenan Wynn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/570/164570664_651bb6.jpg)
Keenan Wynn
USA
Best movies:
![Guy Madison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270729_c1b5c3.jpg)
Guy Madison
USA
Best movies:
The Executioner of Venice (1963)
Since You Went Away (1944)
5 Against the House (1955)
![Lloyd Corrigan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499973_69ce52.jpg)
Lloyd Corrigan
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
It (1927)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
![Jackie Moran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712278_244317.jpg)
Jackie Moran
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Since You Went Away (1944)
![Dorothy Dandridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269397_520220.jpg)
Dorothy Dandridge
USA
Best movies:
A Day at the Races (1937)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
![Andrew V. McLaglen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/322/322999_aaddf6.jpg)
Andrew V. McLaglen
UK
Best movies:
Since You Went Away (1944)
![Ruth Roman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440698_2178cf.jpg)
Ruth Roman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
![Terry Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159930_d0eed6.jpg)
Terry Moore
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)