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The scene where she runs after Pyewacket is what made me love the movie.


When her character is driven to such a point that she actually starts to cry. Yes, it's cheesy. Yes, it's a typical 50s dramatic scene... But I just love it.

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There's just something about this movie that makes it so much better than typical 50's rom-coms.

A lot of it it Novaks's performance. Some of it is definitely pyewacket. I still hum that song to myself occasionally.

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That's a very moving scene, and the pain Kim conveys is truly heartbreaking. It first reminded me of the scene in "Breakfast At Tiffany's" in which the cat gets lost when it's raining and Audrey Hepburn runs and tries to catch him, but then I started to think, "hey, that movie was made three years later!", so I realized "Bell, Book and Candle" did it first!

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Love that scene too. She's so over-wrought that she runs out into the snow barefoot!
























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