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Tear Jerker: Gone With The Wind
Melanie's death.
after escaping Atlanta, Scarlett and Melanie find the land around Tara ravaged, all homes except Tara in ruins, and Scarlett's mother dead of typhoid.
Mammy telling Melly what Rhett and Scarlett have been saying to each other since Bonnie died.
In the scene in the movie when they get the casualty lists from Gettysburg there's a band playing a cheerful melody. One of the boys in the band has just found out his brother has been killed and cries while he plays.
Ashley's recital of the Episcopalian funeral service - from memory - over Gerald O'Hara's grave when he realizes that the Catholic service is far too brief for the assembled mourners, who were expecting a much longer and more emotional farewell. Also qualified as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.
Scarlett's miscarriage. She's utterly devastated as this is the first time she's genuinely wanted the baby and cannot bring herself to call for Rhett, who she thinks wants nothing to do with her.
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