Video Series Revives Classic Romance Films

The fires of romance burn anew in Paramount Home Video’s “Ode to Romance” promotion, which Tuesday lays out a dozen classic films with themes of love, romance and touching endings at a new price of $14.95 each.

Included are some of the screen’s more delightful and romantic tales, going back to three early Audrey Hepburn films.

The oldest is “Roman Holiday,” the 1953 film with Gregory Peck that brought Hepburn an Oscar for her role as a rebellious princess who escapes to the streets of Rome.

Next is “Funny Face” (1957), a stylish musical set in Paris and featuring the singing and dancing of Fred Astaire.

The third Hepburn video is a romantic comedy, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961), with George Peppard. It’s based on the Truman Capote novella.

The other selection from the 1960s is “Barefoot in the Park” (1967).

Two films from the ‘70s and two from the ‘80s are included along with four from the ‘90s. There’s Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw in “Love Story” (1970), and its 1978 sequel, “Oliver’s Story,” in which O’Neal teams with Candice Bergen.

The next decade is represented by “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), with Richard Gere, Debra Winger and Lou Gossett Jr.; and “Pretty in Pink.”

Ushering in the ‘90s is “Ghost” (1990), followed by two from 1991: “The Butcher’s Wife,” and “Frankie and Johnny.”