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Love Story 1970. Directed by
Arthur Hiller. Written by Erich
Segal, from his novel. With Ryan
O'Neal, Ali McGraw, Ray Mil-
land, John Marley, Tommy Lee
Jones. The film that told the
world that "Love means never
having to say you're sorry." To
some, it is an embarrassing rel-
ic; but someone must have paid
the way to its $100 million in
grosses. No matter how corny,
this is the classic three-hanky
view.
Roman Holiday 1953. Di-
rected by William Wyler. Writ-
ten by blacklisted Dalton
Trumbo, who was "fronted" by
Ian McLellan Hunter and ac-
cepted the Best Story Oscar in
Trumbo's stead. With Audrey
Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie
Albert, Tulio Carminati. This
film, which introduced Audrey
Hepburn to the world, pairs a
princess and a reporter looking
for a scoop, and their brief ro-
mance. Filmed on location in
Rome.
The Story of Adele H. 1975.
Directed by Francois Truffaut.
Written by Suzanne Schiffman,
Jean Gruault. With Isabelle Ad-
jani, Bruce Robinson. Adapted
from the journals of Adele Hugo.
The true story of Victor Hugo's
daughter, whose obsession with
an English soldier ultimately
leads to madness.
Truly, Madly, Deeply 1991.
Directed and written by Antho-
ny Minghella. With Juliet
Stevenson, Alan Rickman (also
seen recently in Sense and Sen-
sibility), Bill Peterson, Michael
Maloney, Christopher Rozycki,
Keith Bartlett, David Ryall, Stel-
la Maris. Playwright Minghel-
la's (The English Patient)
directorial debut. A beautifully
told story of love and the super-
natural, with believable charac-
ters and a superb performance
by Stevenson.
The Way We Were 1973. Di-
rected by Sydney Pollack. Writ-
ten by Arthur Laurents, from his
novel. With Barbra Streisand,
Robert Redford, Bradford Dill-
man, Viveca Lindfors, Herb
Adelman, Murray Hamilton,
Patrick O'Neal, James Woods,
Sally Kirkland. Music by Mar-
vin Hamlisch. Streisand plays a
Jewish political radical who
reaches for a romantic possibil-
ity .. well, we can't give away the
ending!
Wood and Richard Beymer. The
well-loved tale of the star-
crossed lovers. Based on Shake-
speare's Romeo and Juliet,
which has been adapted into
many films, most notably the
1936 version, directed by George
Cukor (who came to be known
as the "woman's director,"), and
starring Leslie Howard, Norma
Shearer and John Barrymore;
also, the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli
version, starring Olivia Hussey,
Leonard Whiting and Michael
York.
Wuthering Heights 1939.
Directed by William Wyler.
Written by Ben Hecht (who pops
up as screenwriter of many of
the greats) and Charles
MacArthur. With Laurence
Olivier, Merle Oberon, David
Niven, Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Flora Robson, Donald Crisp.
Adaptation of Emily Bronte's
novel, later remade by Luis
Bunuel in 1953, among others.
Taken from one of the most ro-
mantic novels ever written, the
film, too, is driven by sheer in-
tensity.
WHAT I DID FOR LOVE
Baby Doll 1956. Directed by
West Side Story/Romeo Elia Kazan. Written by Ten-
nessee Williams, from
and Juliet The former:
The 1961 Leonard Bern- Laurence Olivier his play 27 Wagons Full
and Merle
of Cotton. With Eli Wal-
stein/Stephen Sondheim
Oberon play
musical, directed by Heathcliff and lach, Carroll Baker, Karl
Robert Wise (who also di- Cathy in Emily Malden, Mildred Dun-
nock, Rip Torn. Sugges-
rected The Sound of Mu-
Bronte's
tiveness here rivals A
sic) and Jerome Robbins,
Wuthering
Streetcar Named Desire;
and starring Natalie
Heights.
slow-witted Malden is married
to the very young and nubile
Baker, with tension caused by
Kazan. All this steam without a
single filmed kiss.
Gilda 1946. Directed by
Charles Vidor. With Rita Hay-
worth, Glenn Ford, George
Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steve
Geray. This is the film that
turned Hayworth into a Holly-
wood sex goddess, and in which
she performed her famous
striptease to "Put the Blame on
Mame." More sexy than sensu-
ous, this packs a punch if you're
looking for steam.
Gone With The Wind 1939.
Directed by Victor Fleming.
Written by Sidney Howard.
With Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh,
Olivia de Havilland, Leslie
Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Hat-
tie McDaniel, many more.
Adapted from Margaret
Mitchell's novel, with help from
F. Scott Fitzgerald and produc-
er David 0. Selznick. If ever a
single film embodied all the pas-
sion, drama and myth-making
ability of Hollywood, it must be
this. Plus a bit of romance.
Notorious 1946. Directed
by Alfred Hitchcock. Written
by Ben Hecht. With Cary
Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude
Rains, Louis Calhern, Madame
Konstantin, Reinhold Schunzel,
Moroni Olsen. This typically
sophisticated and complex
Hitchcock thriller also includes
one of the greatest kisses of
all time — especially since
Grant's and Bergman's lips nev-
er touch.
The Piano 1993. Directed
and written by Jane Campion.
With Holly Hunter, Harvey Kei-
tel, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walk-
er, Genevieve Lemon. Music by
Michael Nyman. A mute Scot-
tish widow brings her young
daughter to New Zealand for an
arranged marriage. A grand pas-
sion and calculated revenge en-
sue, amidst the backdrop of her
passionate piano-playing.
Wild At Heart 1990. Direct-
ed and written by David Lynch.
With Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern,
Diane Ladd (Dern's mother),
Willem Dafoe, Isabella Rosselli-
ni, Harry Dean Stanton, Crispin
Glover, Grace Zabriskie, Sheri-
lyn Fenn. Sweet love story
of Sailor and Lula, with bits
of Wizard of Oz imagery thrown
in, combined with Lynch's un-
mistakable violence and surre-
alism.
Gail Zimmerman contributed
to this story.
occupation
Attorney
Most
Romantic
Movie: Blume in Love
Most Romantic Scene: "The
scene in the square in Venice.
[George Segal and Susan
Anspach] had agreed to meet,
and now they're coming
together."
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heart-wrenching films ever
made. Although this is a story of
revenge, it also includes a sub-
plot of a tragic love story for Au-
teuil's character and his object
of affection, Beart — the two are
real-life husband and wife.
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