Get ready for some heart-fluttering moments as we revisit the most iconic romantic kisses from Hollywood's Golden Age! From passionate embraces to tender moments, these classic scenes have set the standard for on-screen romance. Join us as we explore the unforgettable kisses that have captivated audiences for generations.
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00:00I've waited longer for you than I've ever waited for any woman.
00:03Not me alone!
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:05And today we're counting down our picks for the most passionate,
00:08moving and or memorable kisses from the golden age of Hollywood.
00:12This list only includes Hollywood films released before 1970.
00:26Number 10.
00:27Donald, Don Lockwood and Kathy Seldon.
00:29Singing in the Rain.
00:31Lady, keep driving.
00:32Are you getting out of here?
00:33Everything's all right.
00:33Just keep going.
00:34If you get out of here, I'll call the police.
00:35Throughout this Hollywood musical,
00:37the romance between Don Lockwood and Kathy Seldon has its ups and downs.
00:45The finale stokes those flames once again
00:47and involves a scheme to reveal the villain's lip-syncing tendencies.
00:51You heard of Kathy, now do it.
00:53I'll do it, Don.
00:55I'll do it, but I never want to see you again, on or off the screen.
00:58This threatens the central relationship,
01:01but prompts a dramatic reunion and a passionate conclusion.
01:05Ladies and gentlemen, stop that girl.
01:06That girl running up the aisle, stop her!
01:09That's the girl whose voice you heard in love tonight.
01:11Don and Kathy come back together in a major way
01:14before the movie shifts to their big kiss.
01:16In front of their brand new billboard,
01:17the heroes celebrate in one of the happier endings of its kind.
01:23It packs even more of a punch with the fantastic music underneath.
01:26Number 9.
01:27Mary-Kate Danaher and Sean Trooper Thorne Thornton.
01:30The Quiet Man.
01:31John Ford's The Quiet Man is an Ireland-set romance
01:34starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.
01:36I've now come into a man's house to clean it for him.
01:40But that was just by way of being a good Christian act.
01:44I know it was, Mary-Kate Danaher.
01:47And I was nice.
01:52Not at all.
01:53With these two brimming with tension,
01:55they prove that it's only a matter of time before their feelings burst out.
01:59Wayne's character Sean takes this to another level
02:01as he swings Mary-Kate in for a kiss.
02:08It's an iconic interaction that leaves us breathless,
02:11the howling winds only contributing to this earth-shattering sequence.
02:15With memorable choreography,
02:16both performers shine in a romantic gesture for the ages.
02:20So bold one you are.
02:21Ford's vision makes for a moment that has inspired future filmmakers,
02:25even prompting an homage from Steven Spielberg.
02:48This trippy plot takes you through all kinds of surprises,
02:52but it also features a complicated love story.
02:54Ex-policeman Scotty is asked to tail his friend's wife Madeline.
02:57That is, until he falls in love.
03:13Before the hero discovers her true identity,
03:15he kisses her by the sea in a moving, passionate display.
03:25Bernard Herrmann's score and Alfred Hitchcock's direction
03:28only elevate an already moving scene.
03:30While he might be kissing an imposter who's actually named Judy,
03:34the detective is left smitten.
03:36Hitchcock doesn't let viewers off easy here,
03:38as he mixes romance and thrills into one imaginative project.
03:42With a little romance to lighten the mood,
03:45On the Beach is about what happens following a nuclear war.
03:53Before the fallout heads towards Australia,
03:55Dwight and Moira spend a meaningful night together in a hotel room.
03:58The atmosphere is a bit more romantic,
04:01but there's also a bit more of a romantic side to the story.
04:04It's a bit more romantic,
04:05but there's also a bit more of a romantic side to the story.
04:08Dwight and Moira spend a meaningful night together in a hotel room.
04:11The atmosphere is warm and charged inside the room,
04:14contrasted pleasantly with the pouring rain outside.
04:17As the camera swirls around them,
04:19you get the sense that these characters have been eager to be alone together,
04:22and the context of their rendezvous
04:24only makes the embrace that much more monumental.
04:34With a future so uncertain and likely headed for disaster,
04:37the fervor between these two is palpable.
04:59Despite the age difference,
05:01Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall had an undeniable screen chemistry.
05:05It's clear in this scene from To Have and Have Not
05:07that their relationship went well beyond the fictional world of film.
05:11Harry and Slim fill the room with tension you could cut with a knife.
05:14It all builds to a couple of steamy smooches,
05:17with clever banter that makes us want to holler and swoon at the same time.
05:24If you needed a reminder of the unbridled chemistry between Bogart and Bacall,
05:28this sequence is it.
05:36It's even better when you help.
05:47Throughout this classic tale,
05:49Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler have nothing short of a toxic romance.
05:53Clark Gable's character has his work cut out for him
05:55as an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
05:58Before going off to war,
06:00the man gives his partner an ardent kiss.
06:06With the beautiful backdrop,
06:12the moment is only made better by the scenery and the score.
06:22It also comes with mixed emotions,
06:24as the two are unsure whether they'll see each other again.
06:27This isn't the only memorable Gone with the Wind embrace either,
06:30with Butler joining O'Hara during a rocky proposal.
06:35No more of that talk.
06:47I know why you won't end.
06:49You're sore.
06:50You're sore because you have fallen for little drunk you tailed in Miami,
06:54and you don't like it.
06:55Known to sometimes push the envelope,
06:57Alfred Hitchcock explored the main relationship of Notorious in detail.
07:01This included putting the characters Alicia and T.R.
07:04in a scene that didn't hold back on romance.
07:06What's the matter?
07:09Don't look so tense.
07:10Troubles?
07:14Well, Hanson, I think you better tell mama what's going on.
07:16All this secrecy is going to ruin my little dinner.
07:18When the two get close,
07:20they show that their passion couldn't be more clear.
07:34It's nice out here.
07:36The censors of the time allegedly wouldn't let the actors kiss
07:39for more than three seconds.
07:41This inspired a more dynamic scene,
07:43with the filmmaker mixing amorous lines in between their lip locks,
07:46and an entire phone call.
07:48Hello?
07:50Paris Hotel.
07:51Thunder English.
07:52It's T.R. Devlin.
07:53Any messages for me?
07:56When I don't love you, I'll let you know.
07:58In the end, the sequence is even more notable,
08:01as it's intimate in an interesting grounded way.
08:04Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman make you believe that they're in love.
08:08Karen Holmes and Milton Worden.
08:10From here to eternity.
08:11As these two characters enjoy the beach,
08:13they become the perfect example of serenity.
08:16Karen and Milton make out as the waves crash over top of them.
08:32It's a stirring image,
08:33capturing two people so completely in love with one another
08:36that absolutely nothing can separate or distract them from the moment at hand.
08:40With the movie heading towards the attack at Pearl Harbor,
08:43this sequence represents the kind of kiss that simply blinds you.
08:46It's not all brain-fogged affection either.
08:49That adding machine line gets us every time.
08:51Nobody ever kissed me the way you do.
08:54Nobody?
08:56No, nobody.
08:59Not even one?
09:00Out of all the men you've been kissed by?
09:03Now that it takes, I'm figuring.
09:06How many men do you think there have been?
09:07I wouldn't know.
09:08Can't you give me a rough estimate?
09:10Not without an adding machine.
09:11Number 2.
09:12George Bailey and Mary Hatch.
09:14It's a Wonderful Life.
09:15There's an old friend of yours here, George Bailey.
09:18It wasn't always perfect for the cinematic couple despite the film's holiday cheer.
09:23George and Mary almost didn't happen.
09:25It took a fateful phone call to literally and figuratively bring them together.
09:29After the phone drops, the exchange between them is electrifying.
09:33Now you listen to me.
09:35I don't want any plastics.
09:36I don't want any ground floors.
09:38And I don't want to get married ever to anyone.
09:40You understand that?
09:41George grabs her, his actions completely negating his words as he plants kisses all over her face.
09:46It's one of the steamier moments of It's a Wonderful Life,
09:49or any Christmas classic for that matter.
09:51You can't help but feel that these two are overcome with emotions,
09:55making this a scene you can't look away from.
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10:16Number 1.
10:17Ilsa Lund and Rick Blaine.
10:19Casablanca.
10:20If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it.
10:23Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
10:27But what about us?
10:29We'll always have Paris.
10:31Of all the fictional couples in Hollywood history, Ilsa and Rick might be the best.
10:36Here's looking at you, kid.
10:37Their complex story comes as the former pair reunites in the title city.
10:42The heroine is married to someone else, but needs her ex's help to get to safety.
10:46You can ask any price you want, but you must give me those letters.
10:49I went all through that with your husband, it's no deal.
10:52This prompts an emotional sequence where Ingrid Bergman's character reveals her true feelings.
10:56She finally cracks the hero's tough exterior with the two kissing in a breakthrough moment.
11:01The day you left Paris, if you knew what I went through,
11:08if you knew how much I loved you, how much I still love you.
11:19It comes after we see the two in a flashback in another compelling display of love.
11:23If something should keep us apart, wherever they put you,
11:28and wherever I'll be, I want you to know that.
11:31Casablanca is made better by these kinds of scenes
11:33that give an authentic portrait of a troubled romance.
11:37Kiss me, kiss me as if it were the last time.
11:46Which kiss from Hollywood's golden age did we forget?
11:48Let us know in the comments below.
11:54Do you agree with our picks?
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