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Bittersweet Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Stranger’s Return
1933 · Drama
Ladies of Leisure
1930 · Romance
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950 · Drama
The Boys of Paul Street
1969 · Family
Young at Heart
1954 · Music
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968 · Comedy
Symphony of Six Million
1932 · Drama
It’s Always Fair Weather
1955 · Romance
Summertime
1955 · Drama
One More Tomorrow
1946 · Comedy
Boom Town
1940 · Adventure
Son of the Gods
1930 · Drama
Now and Forever
1934 · Drama
The Forbidden Street
1949 · Drama
Sea Wife
1957 · War
Anuradha
1960 · Drama
Stolen Holiday
1937 · Romance
Light Up the Sky!
1960 · War
César
1936 · Drama
The Bargee
1964 · Comedy
The Student Prince
1954 · Romance
Violent Summer
1959 · War
I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now
1947 · Music
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954 · Drama
No Love for Johnnie
1961 · Drama
The Perils of Pauline
1947 · Comedy
Two for the Seesaw
1962 · Romance
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963 · Romance
Adam and Evelyne
1949 · Comedy
Sense and Sensibility
2008 · Drama
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 · Comedy
My Wife’s Dignity
1967 · Comedy
Winter Kept Us Warm
1965 · Romance
Streets of Laredo
1949 · Western
The Crowded Day
1954 · Drama
Mammy
1930 · Music
River’s End
1930 · Drama
Sinners in the Sun
1932 · Romance
Wine, Women and Horses
1937 · Drama
Carousel
1956 · Music
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