THE BEST KISSES FROM CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD

 

THE BEST KISSES FROM CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD

No love story is perfect, especially those of Old Hollywood stars, but the romantic roles they portray on the silver screen show the different ways love can take shape. From passionate affairs to slow-burning relationships, classic cinema is full of inspiration to get you in the affectionate mood on National Kissing Day. Click through the gallery to see the most memorable on-screen embraces from the Golden Age of Hollywood and beyond.

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star opposite each other as love interests in this World War II era film. The pair would marry the following year after the films release, in 1945.

Katharine Hepburn's character in The Philadelphia Story finds herself choosing between three men, one of which is her ex-husband, pictured here, played by Cary Grant.

The cat-and-mouse game that Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway's characters are caught in create irresistible romantic tension in the 1968 original version of the The Thomas Crown Affair.

CLEOPATRA

In Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton play historic characters that enter into a romantic relationship, which happened to fuel their off-screen affection, too.

GONE WITH THE WIND

The epic love story told in Gone With the Wind is brought to life by Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, proving that the one you love might be right in front of you all along.

NOTORIOUS

The Alfred Hitchcock flick stars Ingrid Bergman and Grant as government agents who fall in love, but are soon challenged as Bergman's character goes undercover and becomes involved with another man to gain intel.

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

The classic movie stars Gable as a reporter in need of a story who finds himself in the company of a runaway socialite played by Claudette Colbert.

CAMELOT

Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero bring to life the passionate affair between Guinevere and Sir Lancelot in the 1967 telling of Camelot.

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S

In the climactic scene of the movie, Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard's characters share a deep kiss in the pouring rain.

REAR WINDOW

In this Hitchcock thriller, James Stewart plays an injured photographer confined to a wheelchair who suspects that a murder occurred in a neighboring apartment. His girlfriend in the movie, played by Grace Kelly, helps him solve the case.

VIVA LAS VEGAS

In the musical flick full of adventure, Elvis Presley's character courts a woman named Rusty, played by Ann-Margret.

HUSTLE

The crime flick stars Burt Reynolds, who plays a cop, and Catherine Deneuve, a prostitute, who share many passionate kisses throughout the movie.

CONTEMPT

Jack Palance and Brigitte Bardot embrace in the 1963 film in which their characters have a romantic affair.

IT STARTED WITH A KISS

Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds star as a married couple with their fair share of problems, but still share tender moments like this one.

THE BRIBE

In this wartime drama, Robert Taylor plays a US federal agent who has an affair with the wife of a veteran who he is investigating, played by Ava Gardner.

COVER GIRL

Rita Hayworth's character must choose between success and romance in the 1944 musical movie, with Gene Kelly starring as her supportive boyfriend.

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

Agent 007 is known for his penchant for pretty girls, and in You Only Live Twice, Sean Connery's James Bond pretends to be married to Mie Hama's character Kissy Suzuki.

SOME LIKE IT HOT

Marilyn Monroe's character teacher Tony Curtis' how to kiss in the comedy Some Like it Hot, where Curtis plays a musician attempting to woo Monroe while also posing as a member of an all-girl band.

THE LONG, HOT SUMMER

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward share several on-screen embraces in this 1958 drama.

TOM, DICK AND HARRY

Ginger Rogers plays a telephone operator with three love interests, including George Murphy's character, pictured here.