Since You Went Away (1944)
Since You Went Away is a star-studded movie set on the home-front of World War II. This is another of those movies that's like comfort food to me, along with the likes of The Man Who Came to Dinner, The More the Merrier, and a host of Christmas classics. Among the great stars in this movie are Joseph Cotten who is one of my favorites ( Niagara and Shadow of a Doubt ), and Monty Woolley ( The Bishop's Wife and The Man Who Came to Dinner ) who always makes me smirk, thinking I'll probably end up like him - crotchety and k…
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
This is another of those movies that I first saw as a kid, sitting in my room on Lincoln St. watching Million Dollar Movie (I think) on my little rummage sale find of a black and white TV on a Saturday morning. Believe-it-or-not, I think my favorite character in this movie was Tom Tully's part as Uncle Marshall. And I absolutely loved that house, especially the fireplace... REVIEWS: Bosley Crowther had a great review of the movie in the April 6, 1945 edition of the New York Times. I particularly like where he writes, &quo…
