Tag Archives: Scenes I Love

Scenes that I Love: The Post Office Proves Santa Claus Does Exist from Miracle on 34th Street

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This is from the original, 1947 version of Miracle of 34th Street, starring Edmund Gwenn as the one and only Kris Kingle.  Yes, the scene below is colorized.  I’m not a fan of colorization but at least it’s not as poorly done here as it’s been in some other films that I’ve recently watched.

Anyway, on to the scene!  Kris Kringle is on trial.  His lawyer (John Payne) is attempting to prove the Kris really is Santa Claus and he gets some help from the U.S. Postal Service.

I love this scene and I love this movie.  It always puts me in the mood for Christmas.  And, if nothing else, it shows that postal service has gotten at least one thing right over the years.  Anyone who has ever seen Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle know that there’s no way he isn’t Santa Claus!

Scenes I Love: The Martin Bat Spider Thing From The Angry Red Planet

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

My friends and I just watched the 1959 sci-fi film, The Angry Red Planet.  The scene below comes from that film and …. well, it’s the greatest thing ever.  Just watch!

(And yes, the scenes on Mars are tinted red, there’s nothing wrong with your screen.)

Go, Spider Bat, go!

Scenes That I Love: Cyrus’s Speech From The Warriors

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Cyrus?

He’s the one and only.

From 1979’s The Warriors (which I watched earlier tonight as a part of the #FridayNightFlix live tweet), here’s a scene that I love.  Playing the role of Cyrus, the man who could bring all of the gangs of New York together, is Roger Hill.  Playing the role of his assassin is the great David Patrick Kelly.

Cyrus knew what he was talking about but the world wasn’t ready for him.

Can you dig it?

A Bonus Horror Scene That I Love: Conal Cochran’s Speech From Halloween III

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With horrorthon coming to a close for another year, I figured why not allow Conal Cochran to get in a word or two.

This is from Halloween III: Season of the Witch.  Playing Conal Cochran, of course, is the great Dan O’Herlihy.

We hope you’ve all had a wonderful Halloween.

Horror Scenes That I Love: The Finale of Dawn of the Dead

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For our final horror scene that I love of the 2021 Horrorthon, how about the ending of George Romero’s 1978 masterpiece, Dawn of the Dead?

Keep an eye out Tom Savini, going over that railing.

Horror Scenes That I Love: Irene Miracle Takes A Fateful Swim in Dario Argento’s Inferno

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Inferno (1980, dir by Dario Argento)

For today’s scene that I love, here is the classic scene from 1980’s Inferno, Dario Argento’s follow-up to Suspiria. In this scene, Irene Miracle takes a fateful swim. I’ve seen this film several times and this sequence still creeps me out!

Scenes That I Love: Peter Fonda Explores The City In The Trip

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Today’s scene is from Roger Corman’s 1967 film, The Trip. Corman dropped acid himself before filming Peter Fonda doing the same thing in this film. Regardless of how one views Corman’s cinematic recreation of Fonda’s experience with acid, The Trip is considered to be one of the first nuanced drug films. While it doesn’t endorse drug use, it also doesn’t descend into the hysterics of a film like Reefer Madness. Interestingly enough, the script was written by Jack Nicholson.

Here is Peter Fonda, exploring the city on LSD, in The Trip: