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Annie Hall 1977. Directed
by Woody Allen. Written by
Woody Allen, Marshall Brick-
man. It won Best Picture, Best
Director, Best Screenplay and
Best Actress — and it almost
wasn't a romantic comedy at all;
it just became so in the editing
room.
Goodbye Girl 1977. Directed
by Herbert Ross. Written by Neil
Simon. With Richard Dreyfuss,
Marsha Mason, Quinn Cum-
mings, Barbara Rhodes, Marilyn
Sokol. Music by Dave Grusin. A
former actress and her precocious
daughter move in with a preco-
cious, aspiring actor. The daugh-
ter serves as the catalyst
for the adults' romance-to-
be.
An Officer And A Gentle-
man 1982. Directed by Taylor
Hackford. With Richard Gere, De-
bra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr.,
David Keith, Lisa Eilbacher,
David Caruso, Robert Loggia.
This story turned into one of the
greatest romances of the 1980s.
Crossing Delancey 1988. Di-
rected by Joan Michlin. Written by
Susan Sandler. With Amy Irving,
Rein Bozyk, Peter Riegert, Jeroen
Krabbe, Sylvia Miles, Suzzy Roche,
George Martin, Rosemary Harris.
Romantic examination of a young
Jewish woman at a crossroads in
her personal life, and the arrival
of "the pickle man."
Holiday 1938. Directed by
His Girl Friday 1940.
Directed by Howard
Hawks. Written by
Charles Lederer. With
Cary Grant, Rosalind
Russell, Ralph Bellamy,
Gene Lockhart, John
Qualen. Adapted from
the Hecht-MacArthur
play The Front Page,
which was originally
filmed in 1931, and again
in 1974. Originally a
play about the male
bonding of two reporters,
Hawks turned the "jour-
nalese twins" into two re-
porters, one (Russell)
being the other's (Grant)
ex-wife.
the Good Old Summer-
time, and on Broadway,
She Loves Me. The "Lu-
ing of a "princess" and a reporter,
this classic Capra comedy proves
that sometimes opposites do at-
tract.
Love Affair/An Affair To
Remember. The former was
first made by Leo McCarey in
1939, starring Irene Dunne and
Charles Boyer, and then remade
under the same title — although
not nearly doing the original jus-
tice — in 1994, with real-life
newlyweds Warren Beatty and
Annette Bening. The latter,
made in 1957, was a remake of
the original Love Affair, again di-
It Happened One Night rected by Leo McCarey, and star-
1934. Directed by Frank Capra. ring Cary Grant and Deborah
Written by Robert Riskin. With Kerr. Rentals of this version s
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, rocketed after a clip from it was
Roscoe Karns, Walter Connolly, used in Sleepless in Seattle.
Alan Hale, Ward Bond. The first These are the films with the clas-
of the 1930s screwball comedies. sic meeting at the top of the Em-
Later made into the musicals pire State building.
Eve Knew Her Apples and You
Philadelphia Story 1940. Di-
Can't Run Away From It. It is this
film that includes the famous rected by George Cukor. Written
scene of Colbert slightly lifting her by Donald Ogden Stewart. With
skirt to assist in their hitchhik- Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant;
ing efforts. Colbert had resisted, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey,
until she was threatened with Roland Young, Virginia Weidler.
calling in a double. Another pair- Based on the Broadway play by
Philip Barry, and starring
Kate Hepburn. Later
adapted into the musical
High Society with Grace
Kelly, Frank Sinatra and
Bing Crosby. A love penta-
gon of the most romantic,
sophisticated and knee-
slapping degree.
A Room With A View
1986. Directed by James
Ivory. Written by Ruth
Prawer Jhabvala. With He-
lena Bonham Carter, Ju-
lian Sands, Daniel
Day-Lewis, Denholm El-
liott, Maggie Smith, Judi
Dench, Simon Callow, Ru-
pert Graves, Rosemary
Leach. Adapted from the
novel by E.M. Forster. Bon-
ham Carter is engaged to
one man, another is after
her, she doesn't know what
she wants — oh, what
to do. Overall, wonder-
ful, plus the addition of
one or two heart-stop-
ping scenes.
The Shop Around
The Corner 1940. Di-
rected by Ernst Lubitsch.
With James Stewart,
Margaret Sullavan,
Frank Morgan, Joseph
Schildkraut, Sara Haden,
Felix Bressart, Charles
Halton. Adapted from the
Nikolaus Laszlo play Par-
fumerie, and later made
into a musical called In
George Cukor. Written by
Donald Ogden Stewart, Sidney
Buchman. With Cary Grant,
Katharine Hepburn, Doris
Nolan, Edward Everett Horton,
Ruth Donnelly, Lew Ayres,
Binnie Barnes. Based on the play
by Philip Barry, who later wrote
The Philadelphia Story. Here,
Cary Grant truly finds his
beshert, but unfortunately, she
is the sister of his fiancee. A won-
derful mix of optimism and pes-
simism, the film also makes
great use of its co-stars Horton
and Nolan.
Sixteen Candles
Top: Barbra
Streisand and
Robert Redford in
The Way we Were.
Right:Alan
bitsch Touch" was once Rickman and Juliet
again magical in this film,
Stevenson in
where two co-workers,
Anthony
who hate each other, be- Minghella's Truly,
come romantic pen pals
Madly, Deeply.
without knowing it.
1984. Directed by John
Hughes. With Molly
Ringwald, Michael
Schoeffling, Anthony
Michael Hall, John Cu-
sack. No matter how
"uncool" Ringwald has
become, this movie will
always remain a clas-
sic of that horrible,
wonderful (unrequit-
ed), geeky teen-age
love.
To Have And
Bryan
Friedman
Residence:
West
Bloomfield
ccupation:
ool
An
Residthce:
West
Bloomfield
Occupation:
New mother
Most
Romantic
Movie: Sleepless in Seattle
Most Romantic Scene: "When
[Tom Hanks and Meg Ryanj
finally meet at the top of the
Empire State Building."
Jpile
Stocker
Residence:
Farmington
Hills
Occupation:
:Student
Most
Romantic
MAVie: Jerry Maguire
140st Romantic Scene: "When
[Rene Zellwegeri kissed • [Torn
Cruise} the first time, on her
front porch."
Martin
Hersch
Residence:
West
Bloomfield
Occupation:
Retired
Most
Romantic
Movie: An Affair to Remember
Most Romantic Scene: When
they find each other again ...
And who's my pick for most
romantic person? My wife,
Betty."
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When Harry Met Sally ...
hether your plea-
sure is a light- 1989. Directed by Rob Reiner.
hearted romance, a Written by Nora Ephron. With
tear-jerker or a tale Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, Carrie
of sacrifice for the sake of love, Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steven Ford,
we've got a film for you. Again, Lisa Jane Persky, Michelle Nicas-
as with our collection of lovey- tro, Jane Kozak. Music by Harry
dovey books, please excuse us if Connick Jr., Marc Shaiman.
we've omitted your favorite; Proof positive that people still
we've got a lot on our minds — want a good love story.
love!
ISN'T IT ROMANTIC?