Doris Day Side Question

[Edgy MD]

Side question: Who are the top screen pairings of all time?



When you see the names Doris Day and Rock Hudson paired, you almost automatically know you're in for light, frothy fare, but they co-starred so frequently, I think they're probably in the top five or 10 on most objective lists, right?



Using only actors who appeared as romantics opposite each other in more than one role, counting returns in sequels as the same role:



1) Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn

2) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

3) Myrna Loy and William Powell

4) Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

5) Doris Day and Rock Hudson

6) Marcello Mastriani and Sophia Loren

7) Um, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara?

8) Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland?

9) Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence?

10) Cary Grant and Irene Dunn? Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello? Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan? Was Joe vs. the Volcano that much of a keeper?



That's a pretty straight, white, and American list, with some exceptions. Sue me all you want.

[dgwphotography]

Until your romantic qualifier, my first answer was Newman and Redford.



Other than removing Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence from this list, I think it's pretty representative of a top 10

[Vic Sage]

adam sandler and drew barrymore

[Double Switch]

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn before she teamed up with Spencer Tracy. My favorite is The Philadelphia Story.



Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn



Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner

[Edgy MD]

Is there a keeper from the Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn ouvre?



We're looking for some degree of quality here, man.

[Double Switch]

Edgy MD wrote: Is there a keeper from the Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn ouvre?

Not really but there were three so that makes it a thing. "Keeper" was not among the qualifiers, was it?



Has no one mentioned Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward?

[Edgy MD]

Well, by "top," I mean to imply some legacy of quality left behind, whether in a modest degree of quality over a high number of films, or an overwhelming degree of quality over a few films.



John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara were paired a lot. So were Cary Grant and Irene Dunn.



Some of those films were uneven. Some were pure poo.

[Edgy MD]

John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara were paired a lot. So were Cary Grant and Irene Dunn.



Some of those films were uneven. Some were pure poo.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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How about Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont?

[Double Switch]

Edgy MD wrote: Well, by "top," I mean to imply some legacy of quality left behind, whether in a modest degree of quality over a high number of films, or an overwhelming degree of quality over a few films.

Top, to me, meant only the ones that most readily came to mind. I liked Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, but, once again, as a Hitchcock advocate. To my knowledge, they did only two together. But Notorious definitely qualifies as a keeper.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The first pair I thought of, before I read your list, was William Powell and Myrna Loy. To me, they're the gold standard and I would have liked it if they had been cast in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner instead of Tracy and Hepburn.



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[Vic Sage]

avi

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[Vic Sage]

Lawrence Olivier and Vivian Leigh (who were also married)

[Vic Sage]

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (ditto)

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[Vic Sage]

woody allen and mia farrow

woody allen and diane keaton

[Vic Sage]

charlie chaplin and edna purviance

[Vic Sage]

Burton & Taylor

[Edgy MD]

How about a list of your own?

[Guest 41Forever]

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan?

[MFS62]

Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan.

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[Edgy MD]

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Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan?

[Guest 41Forever]

Edgy MD wrote: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan? Let's take it objectively. Sleepless in Seattle has a 73% rating from RottenTomatoes.com. You've Got Mail, despite being a cynical two-hour product commercial, somehow gets a 68% rating. Joe Versus the Volcano gets a 62% rating, so I guess critics have always been generous to Tom Hanks. Add those percentages up, and Hanks and Ryan get 203 points. Another possible way of measuring it — that would respect a deep bench more — is to double the points for the second-best film, triple the points for the third-best film, etc. That would give them a 395. Non-objectively, I give Sleepless in Seattle a 64 rating, Joe Versus a 29, and You've Got Mail about an 11.

The volcano movie was awful, but I liked "You've Got Mail." I thought it was a nice remake of "The Shop at the End of the Street."

[Vic Sage]

Shop on the corner

[Guest 41Forever]

Vic Sage wrote: Shop on the corner

Good catch. Technically the Shop Around the Corner -- but you were far closer than I!



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[MFS62]

Vic Sage wrote: Shop on the corner Good catch. Technically the Shop Around the Corner -- but you were far closer than I! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/

It was just on tv the other night. I had never seen it, and when I read the description of the movie, I immediately though of You've Got Mail.



Later

[Vic Sage]

it was turned into a great musical, SHE LOVES ME, with a lovely score by Bock & Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Vic Sage wrote: Shop on the corner Good catch. Technically the Shop Around the Corner -- but you were far closer than I! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/ It was just on tv the other night. I had never seen it, and when I read the description of the movie, I immediately though of You've Got Mail. Later

The other night? It seems as if this movie airs at least once a week.

[RealityChuck]

Vic Sage wrote: it was turned into a great musical, SHE LOVES ME, with a lovely score by Bock & Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof)

Plus In the Good Old Summertime, also a musical.

[whippoorwill]

Hello? Leo and Kate?

[Vic Sage]

did they do something together besides TITANIC?