See the Classic Picture, Since You Went Away (1944), Nominated for Nine Oscars, and Winner of One; Produced by “Zero,” Allegedly Written by Him, as Well, and Directed by John Cromwell, et al., “Presenting the Most Distinguished Cast of Stars in Screen History,” Starring Claudette Colbert, with Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Hattie McDaniel, and the Secret Star, King Cotten! Catch It Complete, for Free, and Without Commercial Interruptions, Before the KK or the Censors Do, at WEJB/NSU! (Plus the Theatrical Trailer and Steiner’s Score!)

Re-posted by N.S.

A love story of today’s love and laughter

While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the Colonel’s grandson conduct.

Directed by John Cromwell, Edward F. Cline, and Tay Garnett

Trailer




Max Steiner’s Oscar-Winning Score

Playlist:

-00:00 = “Main Title/Returning Home”
-02:53 = “Fidelia”
-04:17 = “Waltz at the Soldier’s Dance”
-05:51 = “The Colonel’s Conflict/Bill and Jane on the Farm”
-09:50 = “Shipyard / The Immigrant”
-11:54 = “Coffee & Sandwiches”
-13:10 = “The Cablegram/End Title”




Cast: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Monty Woolley, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Walker, Hattie McDaniel, Agnes Moorehead, Alla Nazimova, Albert Bassermann, Gordon Oliver, Keenan Wynn, Guy Madison, Craig Stevens, Lloyd Corrigan, Jackie Moran, Dorothy Adams, Irving Bacon, Conrad Binyon, Dorothy Dandridge, John Derek, Jimmie Dodd, Rhonda Fleming, Ann Gillis, Eddie Hall, Warren Hymer, Edwin Maxwell, Andrew V. McLaglen, Terry Moore, Aileen Pringle, Ruth Roman, Grady Sutton, Theodore von Eltz, Doodles Weaver and Butterfly McQueen.




Other Complete, Silent Classics (with a Couple of Exceptions) Available at WEJB/NSU:

Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon (1902);

The Great Train Robbery (1903);

C.B. DeMille’s The Squaw Man (1914);

D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915);

D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Through the Ages (1916);

Charlie Chaplin’s Shoulder Arms (1918);

Starring “Jack”: See the 1920 Silent Picture Classic of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde;

Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920);

Buster Keaton's One Week (1920);

D. W. Griffith’s Way Down East (1920);

F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1921);

The Kid (1921), Charlie Chaplin’s First Feature as Director;

Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou’s First Pictures Featuring the Evil Genius, Dr. Mabuse: Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, Teil I (Dr. Mabuse, the Player, Part I); and

Dr. Mabuse, Teil II: Inferno (both 1922, released one month apart) with English Subtitles;

James Cruze’s The Covered Wagon (1923);

John Ford’s The Iron Horse (1924);

Charlie, in The Gold Rush (1925);

Lon Chaney, in The Phantom of the Opera (1925);

Buster Keaton’s The General (1926);

John Ford’s 1926 Western, 3 Bad Men;

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger (1927);

“Wild Bill” Wellman’s Restored, Classic Silent Picture, Wings (1927), One of the First Two Best Picture Oscar Winners;

F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927);

Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou’s Dystopian Science Fiction Epic, Metropolis (1927), the Greatest S/F Picture Ever, Plus Its Soundtrack Suite;

Frank Borzage and Austin Strong’s Seventh Heaven (1927);

St. Louis Blues (1929);

Fritz Lang & Thea von Harbou’s First Talkie: M: Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931) (M: A City Searches for a Murderer); and

Paul Robeson in Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones (talkie, 1933).