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Daughters Courageous (1939)

Daughters Courageous poster
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother and her three adult daughters are thrown into upheaval when the father who abandoned them 20 years earlier suddenly returns. Each daughter deals with her own romantic complications while navigating the renewed presence of a long-lost parent.

sentimentalfamily-centeredromanticwarmbittersweetlight-heartednostalgic

What happens

Daughters Courageous is a 1939 American drama film starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn and featuring the Lane Sisters: Lola, Rosemary and Priscilla. Based on the play Fly Away Home by Dorothy Bennett and Irving White, the film was directed by Michael Curtiz. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 23, 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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