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| | Claudette Colbert |
 | | It's a melodrama, but it's so well-played that you won't mind the plethora of misfortunes that befall the family of women (Teresa Wright as an adolescent, Shirley Temple as a "teen", and Claudette Colbert as their mother) left alone when the father has to go off to war. |
 | | This movie was meant as a reminder of just what the men were fighting for, and sentimental as it is, was a good snapshot of peoples' concerns and hopes and travails during WWII. |
 | | Architect Tom Jeffers (Joel McCrea) and his wife, Gerry (Claudette Colbert), further refine the archetypal Sturges couple--the male embodying strength, idealism, and a certain naivete, the female ultimately stronger, smarter, and (as revealed early on in an astonishing speech by Colbert) clearer-eyed and more pragmatic about the subtext of sex. |
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