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Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)

Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie poster
Original title
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Directed by
Henry King
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family in small-town Illinois experiences love and change over several decades from the 1890s to the 1920s. The story follows their lives through joys and hardships.

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What happens

Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie is a 1952 American historical drama film directed by Henry King and starring Jean Peters, David Wayne and Hugh Marlowe, Sharing the name of a popular 1905 song, it charts the life of an Illinois family between the 1890s and 1920s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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