The read
It runs long at 2h 57m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
56 audience votes
Key crew
- John CromwellDirector
- David O. SelznickScreenplay
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Claudette ColbertAnne Hilton
- Jennifer JonesJane Hilton
- Joseph CottenTony Willett
- Shirley TempleBridget Hilton
- Monty WoolleyWilliam Smollett
- Lionel BarrymoreClergyman
- Robert WalkerBill Smollett
- Hattie McDanielFidelia
- Agnes MooreheadEmily Hawkins
- Alla NazimovaZofia Koslowska
- Albert BassermannSigmund Golden
- Gordon OliverMarine Officer Seeking Room
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Themes
based on novel or booklodgerloveteenage girlmidwesthome frontwar effortrationingmother daughter relationship