Dir. John Cromwell · Starring Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Monty Woolley, Lionel Barrymore · Music Max Steiner
“A love story of today's love and laughter”
Drama
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.
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A deeply sentimental and earnest look at life on the home front during WWII. It's a heartwarming tale of love, sacrifice, and the enduring strength of family ties amidst wartime anxieties, offering a comforting, nostalgic embrace.
sentimentalnostalgicheartwarminghopefulearneststeadyclassic Hollywood dramapatrioticdomestic realismwartime resiliencefamily bondsyoung lovesacrifice
based on novel or booklodgerloveteenage girlmidwesthome frontwar effortrationingmother daughter relationship