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NOTE: underlined titles are those constituting the sample for analysis
1945
Madonna of the Seven Moons (UK) 5
Mr Skeffington (US) 4
The Seventh Veil (UK) 5
Henry V (UK) 2
The Way to the Stars (UK) 2
A Song to Remember (US) 2
Valley of Decision (US) 3
The Affairs of Susan (US) 3
I Live in Grosvenor Square (UK) 2
Old Acquaintance (US) 2
Frenchman’s Creek (US) 2
Mrs Parkington (US) 2
Here Come the Waves (US) 2
They Were Sisters (UK) 3
Perfect Strangers (UK) 2
Conflict (US) 2
Duffy’s Tavern (US) 2
A Place of One's Own (UK) 2
1946
The Wicked Lady (UK) 5
The Corn is Green (US) 4
Piccadilly Incident (UK) 4
Caesar and Cleopatra (UK) 4
Brief Encounter (UK) 4
Spellbound (US) 3
The Captive Heart (UK) 2
The Bells of St Marv’s (US) 3
Mildred Pierce (US) 2
Leave Her to Heaven (US) 2
Road to Utopia (US) 3
Kitty (US) 2
Caravan (UK) 2
Blue Dahlia (US) 2
Bedelia (UK) 2
O.S.S. (US) 2
1947
Great Expectations (UK) 5
Odd Man Out (UK) 4
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (UK) 4
The Jolson Story (US) 3
Deception (US) 2
They Made Me a Fugitive (UK) 2
The Razor's Edge (US) 2
Frieda (UK) 3
Black Narcissus (UK) 3
Duel in the Sun (US) 2
So Well Remembered (UK) 2
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