Romance Movies of 1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's
In an idealized New York City during the early '60s, Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) is a charming socialite with a youthful zest for life who lives alone in a nearly bare ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
Lover Come Back
Although not as well known as Pillow Talk (1959), this romantic-comedy pairing of stars Rock ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
The Grass Is Greener
A rousing chorus of Noël Coward's "Stately Homes of England" is heard as the opening titles of The Grass Is Greener ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
Come September
Rock Hudson stars in this frothy romantic comedy as filthy-rich American Robert Talbot. Talbot owns an Italian villa, where he ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
Fanny
Fanny was adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name, which in ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Vivien Leigh plays Karen Stone, a middle-aged actress whose career is in a tailspin. To assuage her hurt ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
Babes in Toyland
This second film adaptation of the Victor Herbert operetta Babes in Toyland was producer Walt Disney's Christmas offering for 1961. The 1903 Herbert original had very ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
Blue Hawaii
One of Elvis Presley's most successful post-Army vehicles, Blue Hawaii casts Elvis as scion to a Hawaiian pineapple fortune. His snooty mother Angela ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
Scarlet Sails
This "prince charming" tale is adapted from a novel by Alexander Grin about a little girl named Assol, who meets a ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
The Amphibian Man
This immensely popular science fiction film is taken from the novel by Russian author ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
Flower Drum Song
The only Rodgers and Hammerstein cinemadaptation to be produced by Universal Pictures, Flower Drum Song was, alas, also the ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
Lola
Jacques Demy's auspicious debut -- "a musical without music" set in the port city of Nantes -- ... [ Romance movie - 1961 ]
