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A Place in the Sun (1951)
The very best
...Had more impact on this then 12 year old than any motion picture I have seen in my 66 years. To see Monty's character blow his life with what was the most precious and knockout gorgeous female in history, had to be the most devastating moment in the history of movies. I have yet to see a movie moment as stark as that one in his jail cell. Monty was born for the part and Liz was the epitome of every man's dreams. Called the Greatest Movie of all time by the World Champion Movie Goer, George Raborn, he wasn't far from the truth....at least for me. George Stevens outdid himself in casting with Shelley Winters....the ideal person for the sad and often clinging girlfriend of Monty. Anyway, I still refer to the movie as my very favorite ever.
George Stevens and His Place in the Sun (2001)
Exquisite movie
This is without a doubt, one of the biggest tearjerkers of all time. Liz is exquisite and painfully beautiful. Monty plays the role like he was born for it. I saw it at the age of 12, and have never forgotten how bigger than life it seemed. Now 66, I have seen them all, and it is still the best. Critic George Raborn finally settled on it as his favorite of all time as I remember. It was a tossup between Sun and the first King Kong for awhile. He was called the "World's Champion Movie Goer" or something like that years and years ago. When Liz and Monty were talking through his jail cell bars, and finally ended it all with their goodbyes, I must have cried myself to sleep that night, just thinking about it. There will never be another one like it.
The Sullivans (1944)
Heart breaker
This has to be the greatest tearjerker of all time. I was only an early teenager when I saw this (now 66), and I cried till the sun came up, as I lie in bed trying to sleep after seeing it. Thomas Mitchell was just too much as the bereaved father, and I have felt a close kinship to him because of what he went through for what seems like all of my life. I wanted to take him in my arms and comfort him somehow. His boys were so filled with wonder and joy, and so young and excited about life. The movie almost culminates everything that is so devastating about war, but makes the point that it has its place in the weaknesses of mankind, and the fact that we all are, after all, just human.