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Hopeful Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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North of the Great Divide
1950 · Western
A Feather in Her Hat
1935 · Drama
Minin and Pozharsky
1939 · Drama
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Drama
It Happened in Hollywood
1937 · Comedy
Stranded
1935 · Drama
High Flight
1957 · Drama
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
1936 · Romance
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931 · Drama
High Barbaree
1947 · War
The Trapp Family
1956 · Family
Mother Wore Tights
1947 · Music
Boots Malone
1952 · Drama
Broken Arrow
1950 · Drama
Ordet
1955 · Drama
Vessel of Wrath
1938 · Romance
The Farmer’s Daughter
1947 · Comedy
Boys Town
1938 · Drama
The Man Who Found Himself
1937 · Drama
Swing High, Swing Low
1937 · Romance
The Miracle Man
1932
Sing, You Sinners
1938 · Music
Mussorgsky
1950 · History
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939 · Drama
Submarine Patrol
1938 · Drama
Reach for the Sky
1956 · Drama
The Third Word
1956 · Comedy
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933 · Romance
The Lamp Still Burns
1943 · Drama
Heidi
1937 · Drama
Jack London
1943 · Drama
Dear Heart
1964 · Romance
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969 · Western
Dima Gorin’s Career
1961 · Comedy
The Go-Getter
1937 · Romance
So Dear to My Heart
1948 · Family
Solva Saal
1958 · Drama
Task Force
1949 · War
Song of Arizona
1946 · Music
Dosti
1964 · Drama
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