IMovie Icon has question mark

Hi,
I just loaded Elgato Video Capture to download old movies and now I cannot find iMovie. The icon in the dock has a question-mark and the program does not exist in the applications. Can anyone help me with this issue?
Thanks,
Roger

You need to search for it and move it to Applications, or reinstall it.
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