Since You Went Away
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A black and white film from 1944 about a woman and her family coping on the home front when her husband is serving in WWII. Cast included a grown up Shirley Temple.
Produced by David O. Selznik for United Artists. Nominated for a large passel of Oscars, and won some of the minor ones.
Tropes used in Since You Went Away include:
- Altar the Speed: Lampshaded and then averted.
- Anyone Can Die: Well, not anybody, but anybody who's left for the war.
- Melodrama
- Star-Crossed Lovers: In an ironic twist, they are played by a actor/actress couple in the middle of a divorce, because the actress is having an affair with the director.
- Train Station Goodbye: The Trope Maker.