I just received the current issue of "Premiere" Magazine. Their feature article this time is on The Greatest Movie Scenes of All Time. As is usually the case I agree with most of the choices and disagree with a few of the choices. Their all time favorite scene turned out to be from GODFATHER II. The scene in which Mafia don Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) confronts his brother Fredo (John Cazale) about betraying him. This made me wonder what is your all time favorite movie scene. A scene that you have in your mind and cannot forget. Smiley

Smiley, I have so very many "favorite" scenes, it's kind of difficult to pinpoint just any one. But I seem to dearly love the scene from Republic's early color release of THE BOLD CABALLERO, released in 1937. This film was Republic's first ZORRO film, and a very young Robert Livingston played the lead hero. Before they were shut down, Republic home video dug out the original color print of this one from their vaults and released it. I have it. But near the very end of that film is a very memorable scene, and one--I hope--is never going to be repeated again. It made the film become almost comedic. Zorro has disguised himself as a "woman", and during the fighting sequences at the very end of this otherwise fine Zorro adaptation, Zorro remains in the woman's dress as he fights the dastardly villains. The one scene of those last few minutes that totally cracked me up was of him swinging from a rooftop to the ground, and all the while his "dress" going up straight into his face!! LOL. I can't tell you how many times I have run that scene, just for the laughs. As I mentioned, it made the whole thing seem like a comedy, in just those few minutes. But the film started off with a narrative that also made you think it was going to be a comedy. It stated in the narrative that Zorro made one mistake---HE GOT CAUGHT! LOL. Otherwise, it was a very serious Zorro entry, with superb action sequences, and Livingston made the perfect Don Diego De La Vega/ Zorro. But until I can think of yet another scene, I'd say that one is perhaps my favorite scene of all time.

A tough call to be sure, but among my favorites:

1)The Indianopolis scene in Jaws. Quint's speech is still fascinating and probably one of the best acted scenes in movie history.

2)The fight on the Orient Express in From Russia, With Love. In terms of editing, this one is compared to the shower scene in Psycho, and deservedly so.

3)The Royal Albert Hall sequence from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 version). Hitch really brings the audience to the edge with this one, even if you've seen the earlier version of the film.

4)The scene in Citizen Kane when Orson Welles tells the banker "Do you know that at a rate of losing $1 million a year, I'll have to close this paper---in 60 years!"

5)The Marian, The Librarian and You've Got Trouble numbers from The Music Man. Robert Preston at his sidesplitting best.

6)Alfie Doolittle talking to Professor Higgins about being "one of the undeserving poor" in My Fair Lady.

7)Ursula Undress---I mean Andress---coming out of the ocean in Dr. No. 'Nuff said!

[8)] The scene in the Great Escape where James Garner tells the guard "I'm stealing tools." "Stealing tools? Cooler!" "No, no. I'm not stealing tools." "Oh, you are American."

9)The scene in The Magnificent Seven where all the other gunfighters try to tell Horst Bucholz that their's is no kind of life to lead. Most memorable for Vaughn's line about no enemies: "Alive, that is."

10)The opening card game from The Odd Couple.

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