Li WHY not spend Valentine's Day curled up with vour sweetheart, watching one of the most romantic movies of all time? According to a reader feedback survey on the Internet at , the tap 10 most romantic movies ever, are: 10. Casablanca (1942, Direeted by Michael Curtis, starring Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Berqman) With war-torn Casablanca as the backdrop, elusive club owner Rick finds his lost love (and her husband). This classic won 3 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, & Best Screenplay. There is also a computer-colored version. "Interesting Fact* At the time of it’s release, the film was banned in Germany because the story was considered to be antt- Nasi propaganda. 9. Sabrina (1954, Directed by Biily Wilder, starring Humphrey . Bogart, Audrey Hepburn & William Holden) Hepburn plays the chauffeur’s daughter in one of her best ever roles. In the film, the lucky girl gets romanced by wealthy brothers Bogart & Holden. Movie was remade in 1995 wich Julia Ormond, Harrison Ford & Greg Kinnear. "Interesting Fact* Bogart. was a last-minute replacement for Cary Grant. Bogart. was also opposed to - the casting of Hepburn — he wanted. bis wife Lauren Bacall to play the role. 8. An Rffalr te Remember (1957, Directed by Leo McCarey, starring Cary . ‘Grant & Deborah Kerr) A -remake of the. 1939 movie “Love Affair”, the movie ve, Hollywoe tells the story of Nicky Ferrante (Granr), an international, © European playboy who meets Terry MeKay (Kerr), a former night-club singer, aboard a cruise ship. Though Nicky is engaged and Terry has a long-time boyfriend, a romance ensues replete with unforeseen complications. 7. Gone With the Wind (1939, Directed by Victor Fleming, starving Clark Gable & Vivian Leigh) This film won a Best Picture Academy Award as well as a Best Actress award for Leigh. Called the “one of the greatest examples of storytelling on film” by Leonard Maltin, this classic film (based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell) narrates the love between Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler during the American civil war. * Interesting Fact * Gable was so distressed over the veassirement that be ery on film (during the scene where Melanie is comforting Rhett after Bonnie has died) that he almost quit. Olivia de Havilland convinced him to stay on the filin. 6. Sleepless In Seattle (1993, Directed by Nora Ephron, starring Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks) Romantic comedy where Sam (Tom Hanks) plays a recent widower with a young son - Jonah. Sam thinks he is ready to get back in the dating games, and Jonah is also looking for. a new mother. So one day Jonzh describes his father on national radio, and as 2 result, hundreds of women become interested. One. of these women, Annie (Meg Ryan), becomes obsessed with meeting him. One ryemorable ‘scene includes Annie watching the classic For the month of February “enjoy one’ ‘complimentary entrée : Dinner. Reservations On nyali valie B96 M Marine Dr, W. Van. Affair to with her best Rosie film “An Remember” friend played = by O'Donnell. 5. The Princess Bride C198", Directed by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes & Robin Wright Penn) This movie is teld by oa grandfather co his grandson, and the story comes alive in the telling. With guest stars galore - Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, Peter Falk, Carol Kane &Billy Crystal, this swashbuckling fairy tale is abour Buttercup) - a beautiful young woman and her one true love- Westley, who must find and rescue her after a long separation. Has the great theme song Storybeok Love - “Our love is like a storybook story...” Unavailable for a long time on video, this movie was just recently re-released. * Quote frum the movie * Grandson, interrupting the story during a kissing-scene: “Hold it, hold it! What is this? Are you trying to trick me? Where's the sports? Is this a hissing-book?” d Sty 4. Ghost (1990, Directed by Jerry Zacher, starring Patrick Swayse, Demi Moore & Whoopi Goldberg) = A Fanrasy/Romance in which Swayze's character Sam_ is killed at the beginning of th’ film, and spends the rest of it in a ghostly state trying to warn Demi of impending danger. Whovopi Goldberg won an Academy Award for her role as the medium through which the couple can communicate. Famous for its super romantic pottery scene. * Quote from the movie * San: “It’s amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you,” 3. Love Story (1970, Directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Ali MacGraw & Ryan O'Neal) Your basic Boy meets Girl story. 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