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Four Daughters

1938 · 90 min · Director: Michael Curtiz ★ IMDb 6.9 · 2,518 ratings

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Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.

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Four Daughters (1938) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Love 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Love, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Romance, Music. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Love and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor46 %33 %11 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor51 %32 %12 %1 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor56 %34 %14 %4 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor57 %37 %20 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor53 %36 %22 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor48 %34 %19 %7 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Love49 %41 %21 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Love49 %41 %24 %7 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Humor46 %24 %32 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Empathy47 %22 %42 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Love54 %41 %44 %25 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Love61 %51 %46 %28 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Empathy63 %42 %52 %39 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Tension65 %33 %57 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Sadness64 %34 %58 %51 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Empathy57 %39 %47 %35 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Love55 %42 %37 %23 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Empathy64 %40 %52 %44 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Sadness75 %42 %67 %68 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Sadness73 %49 %64 %68 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

PL
Priscilla Lane

LL
Lola Lane

RL
Rosemary Lane

GP
Gale Page

JL
Jeffrey Lynn

VL
Vera Lewis

Mrs. Ridgefield

TD
Tom Dugan

Jake

EA
Eddie Acuff

Sam

DK
Donald Kerr

Earl

WL
Wilfred Lucas

Doctor (uncredited)

JM
Jerry Mandy

Man (uncredited)

LL
Lillian Lawrence

Mrs. Ridgefield's Friend (uncredited)

JC
Joe Cunningham

Waiter (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Written by
Julius J. Epstein, Lenore J. Coffee, Lawrence Kimble, Thyra Samter Winslow
Type
Movies
Released
1938
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 2,518 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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