Top 10 Saddest Moments in Classic Hollywood Movies
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Date: 2024-04-02
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richardcanedo1614
I've commented elsewhere that the end of City Lights is among the greatest film endings of all time (classic or recent) because it is SO moving -- but it is not _sad_ at all. He finds her in his impoverished wanderings and she, even though the Little Tramp is more down and out than in any film Chaplin made, she recognizes him from the feel of his hand and knows, whatever his looks or status, that he is a good and loving man, and that she loves him as he is. It is incredibly life (and love) affirming -- moving, but not sad!
Also, thank goodness SOMEONE at Ms. Mojo knows a few classic Hollywood films -- now let's see some of them considered on the Ms. Mojo greatest of all time lists, with all-time usually meaning in the last 40 or so years.
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I've commented elsewhere that the end of City Lights is among the greatest film endings of all time (classic or recent) because it is SO moving -- but it is not _sad_ at all. He finds her in his impoverished wanderings and she, even though the Little Tramp is more down and out than in any film Chaplin made, she recognizes him from the feel of his hand and knows, whatever his looks or status, that he is a good and loving man, and that she loves him as he is. It is incredibly life (and love) affirming -- moving, but not sad!
Also, thank goodness SOMEONE at Ms. Mojo knows a few classic Hollywood films -- now let's see some of them considered on the Ms. Mojo greatest of all time lists, with all-time usually meaning in the last 40 or so years.
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jeffwatkins352
Good choices. Though the Lana Turner Imitation of Life can't hold a candle to the Claudette Colbert original. Old Yeller is right up there. But I was more invested in Mr. Tibbs (thank you Disney and Kevin Corcoran. Stanwyck's Stella Dallas yes, yes, yes again! But why did you edit WSS just before Tony dies Maria's (Natalie's) reaction with the music is what makes that moment. Meanwhile, Maureen Stapleton's mute despair as she watches the airplane depart with her bomb-wielding husband in an otherwise largely routine Airport is one of the screen's greatest moments of heartbreak.
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Good choices. Though the Lana Turner Imitation of Life can't hold a candle to the Claudette Colbert original. Old Yeller is right up there. But I was more invested in Mr. Tibbs (thank you Disney and Kevin Corcoran. Stanwyck's Stella Dallas yes, yes, yes again! But why did you edit WSS just before Tony dies Maria's (Natalie's) reaction with the music is what makes that moment. Meanwhile, Maureen Stapleton's mute despair as she watches the airplane depart with her bomb-wielding husband in an otherwise largely routine Airport is one of the screen's greatest moments of heartbreak.
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msmojo
Oh my gosh. I saw Old Yeller for the first time when I was probably 9. My mom warned my little sister and I that it would make us cry. I didn’t really know how because it seemed so happy and upbeat. Then the ending happened and I just about wept myself to death. I have seen that movie 2 or 3 other times (the last time I watched it was just a few months ago) and every time I’ve watched it I’ve started sobbing. I have also read the book at least twice and though it’s been a while since I’ve read it I know that I cried both times I read it
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Oh my gosh. I saw Old Yeller for the first time when I was probably 9. My mom warned my little sister and I that it would make us cry. I didn’t really know how because it seemed so happy and upbeat. Then the ending happened and I just about wept myself to death. I have seen that movie 2 or 3 other times (the last time I watched it was just a few months ago) and every time I’ve watched it I’ve started sobbing. I have also read the book at least twice and though it’s been a while since I’ve read it I know that I cried both times I read it
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MirthZoom
0: 16: Heartbreaking monologue by a legendary actress in a classic Hollywood film.
3: 09: Heartbreaking separation in a classic romantic drama unfolds, leaving characters and viewers devastated.
5: 35: Heart-wrenching moments in classic Hollywood films showcase selfless sacrifices and emotional turmoil.
8: 20: Heart-wrenching moments in iconic films evoke deep emotions without spoken words.
11: 41: Heart-wrenching moments of loss and farewell in iconic films from Hollywood's golden era.
Timestamps by Tammy AI
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0: 16: Heartbreaking monologue by a legendary actress in a classic Hollywood film.
3: 09: Heartbreaking separation in a classic romantic drama unfolds, leaving characters and viewers devastated.
5: 35: Heart-wrenching moments in classic Hollywood films showcase selfless sacrifices and emotional turmoil.
8: 20: Heart-wrenching moments in iconic films evoke deep emotions without spoken words.
11: 41: Heart-wrenching moments of loss and farewell in iconic films from Hollywood's golden era.
Timestamps by Tammy AI
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msmojo
The two actual most moving scenes in Hollywood history somehow are missing:
1. When Snow White is dead and Grumpy turns away to cry.
2. The brief shot of Mrs. Bundy, the ornithologist in The Birds, after the bird attack she had said was impossible. It's like seeing someone find out conclusively that there's no God.
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The two actual most moving scenes in Hollywood history somehow are missing:
1. When Snow White is dead and Grumpy turns away to cry.
2. The brief shot of Mrs. Bundy, the ornithologist in The Birds, after the bird attack she had said was impossible. It's like seeing someone find out conclusively that there's no God.
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janet4635
I thought of Gone with the Wind, when a weeping Mammy recounts to Melanie what happened after Bonnie Butler died.
Side note. One of Oscar’s biggest mistakes is that Judy Garland didn’t win the Oscar for A Star is Born (or in Groucho Marx’s words, The greatest robbery since Brinks.
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I thought of Gone with the Wind, when a weeping Mammy recounts to Melanie what happened after Bonnie Butler died.
Side note. One of Oscar’s biggest mistakes is that Judy Garland didn’t win the Oscar for A Star is Born (or in Groucho Marx’s words, The greatest robbery since Brinks.
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The_Dudester
Remember the Night (1940. Barbara Stanwyck plays Lee, a soon to be convicted jewel thief, who falls for the very DA that is about to put her in prison (and he also falls for her. Her goodbye, just before the sentencing makes us all hope that the judge goes easy on her, but.
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Remember the Night (1940. Barbara Stanwyck plays Lee, a soon to be convicted jewel thief, who falls for the very DA that is about to put her in prison (and he also falls for her. Her goodbye, just before the sentencing makes us all hope that the judge goes easy on her, but.
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bheast86
BRIEF ENCOUNTER wasn't Hollywood;
IMITATION OF LIFE and AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER were remakes;
some of these aren't sad as such - nearer happy-cry: THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE; to some extent CITY LIGHTS, but we're not sure how it might work out.
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BRIEF ENCOUNTER wasn't Hollywood;
IMITATION OF LIFE and AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER were remakes;
some of these aren't sad as such - nearer happy-cry: THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE; to some extent CITY LIGHTS, but we're not sure how it might work out.
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msmojo
A Three Grows in Brooklyn-the scene where Francie talks to her aunt about her anger towards her mother and she blames her for her beloved father's death-she can't be papa to me not ever and more recently the I want it to be overscience from the movie A Monster Calls
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A Three Grows in Brooklyn-the scene where Francie talks to her aunt about her anger towards her mother and she blames her for her beloved father's death-she can't be papa to me not ever and more recently the I want it to be overscience from the movie A Monster Calls
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msmojo
I also love an Affair to Remember is a wonderful love story-I also the scene at the end of Doctor Zhivago where he dies before he can call out to his beloved Lara-another future classic is the love you-you can't just die from Manchester By The Sea
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I also love an Affair to Remember is a wonderful love story-I also the scene at the end of Doctor Zhivago where he dies before he can call out to his beloved Lara-another future classic is the love you-you can't just die from Manchester By The Sea
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spookyspice596
I remember watching The Diary of Anne Frank in school and it broke my heart. Getting to know Anne felt like getting to know a friend and it broke me to know that she was only a couple of years older than I was at the time when she died.
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I remember watching The Diary of Anne Frank in school and it broke my heart. Getting to know Anne felt like getting to know a friend and it broke me to know that she was only a couple of years older than I was at the time when she died.
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juanbarraza1490
I saw a documentary on producer Samuel Goldwyn where it was mentioned that he made and remade Stella Dallas because his own mother was awful. He kept revisiting the ideal of what a loving, self-sacrificing mother should be.
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I saw a documentary on producer Samuel Goldwyn where it was mentioned that he made and remade Stella Dallas because his own mother was awful. He kept revisiting the ideal of what a loving, self-sacrificing mother should be.
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cair124
The scene on the bridge of It's a Wonderful Life was originally filmed as a medium shot. But Stewart's acting so blew away director Frank Capra that he hand enlarged each film cell for the entire scene so it looked like a close-up.
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The scene on the bridge of It's a Wonderful Life was originally filmed as a medium shot. But Stewart's acting so blew away director Frank Capra that he hand enlarged each film cell for the entire scene so it looked like a close-up.
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trinaq
I remember watching The Diary of Anne Frank for my history class, and it making me cry even harder than the diary had. Even though the conclusion is inevitable, it's still a major gutpunch.
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I remember watching The Diary of Anne Frank for my history class, and it making me cry even harder than the diary had. Even though the conclusion is inevitable, it's still a major gutpunch.
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chelseacanales8763
Stella Dallas broke me
I sobbed so much. I can’t imagine how much a mother’s love for her daughter would sacrifice for never wanting to be with her daughter life again
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Stella Dallas broke me
I sobbed so much. I can’t imagine how much a mother’s love for her daughter would sacrifice for never wanting to be with her daughter life again
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aaronmartin7086
Classic Hollywood is better than the garbage we get today. Without shoving politics down our throats. Film is for entertainment and escapism, and I'd like to keep it that way.
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Classic Hollywood is better than the garbage we get today. Without shoving politics down our throats. Film is for entertainment and escapism, and I'd like to keep it that way.
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LvndrHppE2
I fell in love with Cary Grant after watching the Philadelphia Story. My parents gifted me a copy of Penny Serenade. My mom and I were both sad when their daughter died.
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I fell in love with Cary Grant after watching the Philadelphia Story. My parents gifted me a copy of Penny Serenade. My mom and I were both sad when their daughter died.
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ohmightywez
I loved the Wilma and Homer. storyline. I wish Me Without You had the same ending. It showed real love and courage in the face of traumatic injury.
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I loved the Wilma and Homer. storyline. I wish Me Without You had the same ending. It showed real love and courage in the face of traumatic injury.
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nita409
Just you saying Annie’s funeral got me bawling. That movie is so underrated. Even though I know what’s coming I cry like a baby every time.
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Just you saying Annie’s funeral got me bawling. That movie is so underrated. Even though I know what’s coming I cry like a baby every time.
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Elitist20
'Snoopy Come Home' - first movie I ever cried at. Snoopy has to go visit his previous owner, a girl called Lila, who is sick in hospital.
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'Snoopy Come Home' - first movie I ever cried at. Snoopy has to go visit his previous owner, a girl called Lila, who is sick in hospital.
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