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Feb 2016
39m 49s

Molly Ringwald: 'These Films No Longer B...

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For movie fans who came of age in the 1980s, Molly Ringwald is the definitive "it" girl. As the creative inspiration for director John Hughes, Ringwald was the de facto center of generationally-significant films like 'The Breakfast Club,' 'Sixteen Candle 
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