Selznick also wrote the screenplay for director John Cromwell""s epic, three-hour work, based upon Margaret Buell Wilder""s 1943 novel: "Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife" - composed of a collection of letters from homefront wife Wilder to her overseas husband while he was away at war.The non-winning nominations were for Best Actor (Clint Eastwood lost to Al Pacino inScent of a Woman), Best Original Screenplay (David Webb Peoples lost toThe Crying Game), Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (lost toHowards End), Best Cinematography (lost toA River Runs Through It), and Best Sound (lost toThe Last of the Mohicans).He seemed convinced that he had succeeded - until a young girl outside of Maslowski""s asked: "May I have your autograph, Mr...He""s a disgrace to the South." In Annabelle""s house, as her father sorts through mail from the post office (he keeps two letters and then tosses the third to the floor - in a recurring pattern), he tosses Johnnie""s framed photograph away.He tried to silence her: "I want no orders from a woman." She realized it was their first true, harsh argument since their engagement.Back in Cleopatra""s wagon with Hercules, where she was preparing a meal for him, he realized that she was extorting French money from Hans.