Best Kisses In A Classic Movie

Vintage Hollywood- The glitz! The glamour- and the kissing! LOTS of kissing. In an era where movies were heavily limited in the amount of immoral content they could portray, something as innocent as a kiss took on a lot more meaning. All great love scenes begin with a great kiss, though in classic movies it may be all the viewers get to see. The rest was left up to their imaginations, so let’s explore some of the best kisses in classic movies:

1. It’s A Wonderful Life (James Stewart and Donna Reed)- 1946.The whole story can be found at http://retrorambling.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/clarence-sinclair-bull-portrait-photographer/ Stewart and Reed lock lips after much inward struggle and self-denial, leaving Reed’s character’s boyfriend literally dangling on the phone.

2. Gone With the Wind (Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh)- 1939. Ah, the road to Atlanta. Fiery sky in the background, Gable practically begs Leigh to kiss him goodbye before he leaves to join the Confederate Army. He gets his kiss AND a slap in the face.

3. The Sound of Music (Daniel Truhitte and Charmian Carr)- 1965. After singing the classic “Sixteen Going On Seventeen” and dancing around a gazebo, Truhitte finally gives Carr what must have been the first kiss of her life, as she goes running toward the camera, grinning like a fool, exclaiming “Wheeeeee!”