That film really impressed me with James Stewart's emotional register. He is great at conveying emotion...and evoking it! His portrayals are so real. That scene and the final one when all his frienRAB rally round. It is a real feel good film.
"The Colour Purple" is a gut-wrencher too. Whoopi G. and Danny G. give class performances, and the girlfriend ( Margaret Avery) the singer, was sublime.