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New Year's Eve sequence

posted 14 years ago by wmorrow59
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Just saw this film for the first time a couple of days ago, and enjoyed it a lot. I was especially taken with the sequence in Times Square on New Year's Eve, when the two leads (Ginger Rogers and David Niven) find themselves in a crowd of revelers. They get separated briefly, then come back together, wish each other Happy New Year, and kiss. It's the moment they realize they're in love, and it's sweet. One of the best New Year's Eve sequences I've seen in a Hollywood film.

I thought of that scene just a short while ago when I was in midtown Manhattan for real. It was New Year's Eve, and security was tight. The world is a very different place. (Though come to think of it, the situation was ominous in 1939, too . . .) Anyway, the sequence was memorable. This film was surprisingly sophisticated in some respects, and I wonder why it isn't better known.

[–] macguffinlassie 14 years ago

It really IS wonderful, isn't it? I hope it eventually makes it to DVD.

[–] FredAndGingerMad 14 years ago

"It really IS wonderful, isn't it? I hope it eventually makes it to DVD."

it's on dvd in the uk as part of the ginger rogers box set, i'd assume its on dvd elsewhere

[–] hka-3 10 years ago

I loved that sequence, too. That was longest, or one of the longest kisses I've seen in a classic film. This film was put together so well from beginning to end.

[–] alserrano 8 years ago

It's wonderful. It's great to have spent most of my life watching movies, discovering one more that I did not know, and face with one of the most beautiful romantic scenes ever.

I think "Strange Days" had a kind of downbeat remake of this scene :)

[–] marhefka 7 years ago

I also wonder why this film isn't better known. The movie is extremely funny up to the point where David and his father (J.B. Merlin) go to church. From that point on, it's hysterical.