LuckyDan Posted July 9, 2011 Why no thread of "favorite scenes" on a movie forum? Ain't right, dammit. Here's one I still shout the lines with. Gives me goosebumps every time. "Fill yer hand...!" from True Grit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKThgLq21Rc 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casablancalover Posted July 9, 2011 Excellent Idea for a thread! Thank you! This is one of my favorites The photography must have been difficult, but Gregg Toland captures it perfectly! Its joyous and sad at the time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktkna_ofOQg&feature=fvst h5. You can skip the terrible nuisance ad in the beginning.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyDan Posted July 9, 2011 Nice selection, CL. Lots of subtle touches in that scene. It also illustrates the importance of a good score. Very moving. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyDan Posted July 9, 2011 The scenes I like are not divided here in the way I would have chosen, so I'm having to post two extended excerpts from Giant. There are many I could post from this one, but the sequence involving Bick and his boys trying to buy off Jett, and Jett's surprising choice to "gamble along with ol' Madama," followed by his measuring of his new land, has always been a favorite. It begins at just past the 5:00 mark here "I'm sentimental, too, Bick." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3pVMRVRLn0 (For some reason, I always hear Jett's key line as saying he wishes to "gambol along" not "gamble." I don't know what word Ferber used, but I like the double entendre of "gambol." And the finish . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfaNMstuh98&NR=1 "See ya." (And the low wave...classic touch.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amr001 Posted July 11, 2011 Great thread idea! Here are a couple of my favorites. I may post more later. From The Devil and Daniel Webster (The ending scene, where the devil is trying to figure out who his next victim will be.) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7mfrWCYFxU From Rebecca (When the 2nd Mrs. de Winter sneaks into Rebecca's bedroom.) : Edited by: amr001 on Jul 11, 2011 3:31 AM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
judy62 Posted July 11, 2011 Gotta love it! "Shall we just have a cigarette on it?" We have the stars! (Now Voyager) One of my favorite segments of any film. Thank you for the opportunity to post. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casablancalover Posted July 11, 2011 I do have many favorites, being a TCM lover and all.. Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotton, in a strange, very romantic movie. Love Letters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQBjqJPztuw&feature=related h5. I also love the ending scene, but I don't want to ruin it for you.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyDan Posted July 15, 2011 Here's one that always crosses my mind when I pick up the phone to make an awkward call. Peter Sellers as POTUS, phoning his Russian counterpart in Dr. Strangelove. "Nooow then, Dmitri. You know ... how we've always talked about ... the possibility of something going wrong with ... the bomb." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyDan Posted July 16, 2011 Henry's been up the Amazon for a year. Now he's faced with Barbara's footwear . . .and perfume. From The Lady Eve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyDan Posted July 17, 2011 Barbara again (god how I wish I could have known that woman!) convincing James Gleason she packs everything including a gun, in Meet John Doe And of course Mr.Cooper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casablancalover Posted July 17, 2011 Something that has all the best. From one of my favorites, though not everyone likes DePalmas take on Hitchcock.. and the work of Herrmann on the score, which I think is perfectly atmospheric. Obsession (1976): http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/272123/Obsession-Movie-Clip-You-Like-The-Madonna-.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casablancalover Posted July 19, 2011 From a delightful Billy Wilder movie, A Foreign Affair I just love the singing of the state songs, starting with Deep in the Heart of Texas to IOWAY ... Love it! then, the Russians tossing her around.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20IAFHIkKYU&feature=related Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thestick Posted July 19, 2011 Dani burning up in the estate in Rebecca. Any scene from a Pink Panther movie when Cato is attacking Peter Sellers. Ida Lupino losing it on the stand in They Drive By Night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casablancalover Posted July 19, 2011 and The Pink Panther scene with the chase, in costume! Thanks for the memory, thestick! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyDan Posted July 19, 2011 Some good choices, everyone. Thanks for sharing. Here's one from The Odd Couple, the first look at Oscar's apartment and the card game establishing the characters. Very jokey but it always works for me. Notice Mathau's use of the sibilant S. He kind of turns it on and off. He liked to do stuff like that, it seems. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qaa9h4Xly_0 Murray: A suicide telegram? Who sends a suicide telegram? Oscar: Felix the Nut, that's who.Can you imagine getting a thing a think like that, she even has to tip the kid a quarter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casablancalover Posted July 23, 2011 In a discussion in another thread it inspired this favorite scene of mine. I think of it every time I want to paint a room.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwOGVWqHAw h5. I write this from my office, which is painted white; not a cold, hospital, antiseptic white. It's warmer, but still doesn't suggest any other color but white... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyDan Posted July 23, 2011 I'l have to tell you the "wild strawberry" story sometime, CBL. Till then, here's a favorite from The Seven Year Itch, featuring Rachmaninoff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7CnSPMPt68&feature=related The Second Piano Concerto. Never misses! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casablancalover Posted July 24, 2011 Perfection! Ewell playing that piano makes me laugh every time! I get goose-pimply all over too! LOL Another love scene I really adore. Watch Joel McCrea's hands.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casablancalover Posted July 24, 2011 One more tonight from The More the Merrier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqVr-OWQZSU&feature=related -just the exchange of wrong names gets me laughing.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyDan Posted July 27, 2011 You beat me to the hands scene in The More The Merrier. I first saw that scene I think in the documentary on Mr. Stevens. Couldn't wait to see the movie after that. Excellent. Joel McCrea is a big favorite of mine. And isn't Jean dressed fetchingly in this one? Here's a fun one from Voulez-vous danser avec moi? (or Come Dance with Me) a little comedic-crime movie featuring Brigitte Bardot applying for a job as dance instructor. No subtitles, and I haven't clue what they're saying, but it's still a fun, colorful scene. And Bebe. Was it possible I wonder to be in the same room with her and not fall in love? Edited by: LuckyDan on Jul 26, 2011 11:09 PM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casablancalover Posted July 30, 2011 Would you like to dance? BB is so lovely, I agree. Her first partner looked like Jon Lovitz! What a delightful mis-match. It looked like a light mystery. I have just started French, so they will need to speak slower for me, lol. Keep them coming.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pturman Posted July 30, 2011 Great idea for a thread, LuckyDan. You know, Jimmy Stewart said movies were made of moments, moments in time. And this moment, "where I turn & look at the girl", as Jimmy says, is one of my all time favorites. I also think it's apropo since someone earlier posted a scene from Obsession--Brian DePalma's homage to Hitchock in general & this film in particular. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN6xyG82c90 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casablancalover Posted July 30, 2011 Field of Dreams: Edited by: casablancalover on Jul 30, 2011 8:47 AM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyDan Posted July 31, 2011 >BB is so lovely, I agree. Her first partner looked like Jon Lovitz! What a delightful mis-match. Lovitz! Love it. God wouldn' that be hilarious. You're right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyDan Posted July 31, 2011 >Great idea for a thread, LuckyDan. You know, Jimmy Stewart said movies were made of moments, moments in time. And this moment, "where I turn & look at the girl", as Jimmy says, is one of my all time favorites Thank you for joining in, PT. Great Jimmy quote. I hadn't heard that one I'm not a fan of Vertigo but I watched your clip, since you enjoy it so much. Were Jimmy's eyes blue and I never noticed? or was it just Hitchcock's "ghost" lighting that made them seem that way? Very eery. I hope you'll post more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
