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| | Since You Went Away (1944) |
 | | Since You Went Away (1944) is a vivid, sentimental portrait of the World War II homefront with its trials, fears, heartbreaks, and its tribute to American family values. |
 | | Director John Cromwell's epic, three-hour work, with a screenplay by Selznick himself, was based on Margaret Buell Wilder's novel, composed of a series of letters from a wife to her at-war husband. |
 | | They exchange a class ring and watch, and as the midnight train pulls away, she runs alongside the train talking and shouting the heart-renching, "I love you, darling," until it is no longer possible to keep up. |
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