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10 great Hollywood melodramas of the 1940s
Hankies at the ready for our rundown of Hollywood’s great misty-eyed melodramas of the 1940s, from Mildred Pierce to Now, Voyager.
By Pamela Hutchinson
10 great Hollywood melodramas of the 1940s
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