Moments of Movie Wisdom: Redemption at the Mission San Juan Capistrano
Commentary
Sometimes, a single scene will stand out from the rest of a movie and remain strongly imprinted in your memory, even after your recollection of the rest of the film has faded. Some scenes from classic movies stick with us because they are very poignant, perhaps more so today than when these films were originally released decades ago.
Today’s moment of movie wisdom comes from “Nobody Lives Forever” from 1946. The scene takes place 50 minutes into the 100-minute film. Gladys Halvorsen (Geraldine Fitzgerald) takes Nick Blake (John Garfield) to the Mission San Juan Capistrano as a day trip from the Los Angeles hotel where they are both staying, and it proves to be an important turning point in the film and in Nick’s character arc….