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In 2008, I did a Valentine’s Day tribute to great movie couples, from Mickey and Minnie to The Princess Bride
1. Moonstruck
Love don’t make things nice – it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren’t here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and *die*.
2. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
3. You’ve Got Mail
4. The Philadelphia Story
As tough guy Humphrey Bogart meets the even-tougher Lauren Bacall (only 19 years old when this was filmed), we get to see the real-life romantic sparks that gave the on-screen love story some extra sizzle. Watch her tell him how to whistle.
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posted February 9, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Along these same lines, I’d definitely recommend “Someone Like You.” I think it was this movie that made me first start crushing on Hugh Jackman!
posted February 9, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Jackman is amazing in that movie! Thanks for the comment!
posted February 11, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I really like “The Talk of the Town.” There is really never any question who Jean Arthur is going to end up with – in a romantic triangle with Cary Grant and Ronald Colman. My favorite scene in the movie is the very ending, when he (I won’t say who but if you’ve seen it you know) pulls her out of the frame. Brilliant ending to a wonderful film.
Also, I love “Midnight” with Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, and John Barrymore.
posted February 11, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I forgot to add “It Happened One Night.”
posted February 11, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Great choices, Alicia! You share my affection for the classics, especially those featuring Cary Grant. While I think Jean Arthur should have gone for Ronald Coleman (I think that is because I am a lawyer and have qualms about people who do not respect the law), it is a great movie and a favorite of my law professor sister. I love “Midnight,” too! And what about “The Lady Eve” and “Tovarich?”
posted February 12, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Hi, Nell. I do have a definite weakness for almost any movie starring Cary Grant.
I haven’t seen “Tovarich,” though I remember liking “The Lady Eve,” it’s not one of my favorites.
I was thinking (a bit OT) that it might be time for a remake of “The Solid Gold Cadillac” which starred Judy Holliday and Paul Douglas. You might be a good person to write it!! (In my version, there is no romance between the leads, because I would put Amy Adams in the Holliday role and Clint Eastwood in the role of the company founder. I’m sure, given your interests, you have seen this film.)
posted February 13, 2009 at 7:31 am
Alicia, I used to show my children “The Solid Gold Cadillac” and tell them that was what Mommy did at the office! I sometimes show the opening scene to student groups when I give talks. Add a few zeroes to the end of the numbers and it is completely up to date. I’d love to see a remake and think your casting idea is inspired. You should know that the original Broadway play has the main character a middle-aged lady, not a beautiful young woman. But Hollywood has different ideas.
posted February 13, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I thought it might be your kind of movie, Nell. I only saw “The Solid Gold Cadillac” once many years ago, but remember really enjoying it. As I recall, Paul Douglas did seem a wee bit too old for Judy Holliday, so it makes sense that her character was supposed to be middle-aged. As you said, that’s Hollywood.