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Unforgettable Romantic Films of the 1950s

Roman Holiday (1953) Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck. A bored and sheltered princess rebels against her restricted and regimented schedule, escapes her guardians, and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

Sabrina (1954) Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden. A wealthy playboy and his more serious brother become interested in the shy, young daughter of the family’s household chauffeur.

An Affair to Remember (1957) Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr. A handsome playboy and a beautiful nightclub singer fall in love on a cruise from Europe to New York and agree to meet six months later at the Empire State Building.

All That Heaven Allows (1955) Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson. Country-club peers, as well as her own children, disapprove of an upper-class widow who falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth man.

Indiscreet (1958) Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman. An actress, who has given up hope of finding love, meets the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for, but a lie complicates matters.

Magnificent Obsession (1954) Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson. A spoiled, rich man, who is responsible for the death of a heroic local doctor, falls in love with his widow. He attempts to make amends, and win her love.

Houseboat (1958) Cary Grant, Sophia Loren. A widower, who is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone, gets help from an Italian socialite trying to get away from her overprotective father.

Pillow Talk (1959) Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter. An attractive man, posing as an innocent Texan country boy, has fun romancing an interior decorator with whom he shares a telephone line.

The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Donna Reed. Reporter returns to France to reminisce about his life and love in Paris after it was liberated.

Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters. Secretaries dream of finding romance in Rome as they toss coins in the Trevi Fountain.

A Summer Place (1959) Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue. A businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of the own.

Picnic (1955) William Holden, Kim Novak. A handsome drifter and a town beauty queen ignite emotions.


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