# Favorite On-Screen Couples **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 1999, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578 "1999-09-07T01:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/1 "1999-09-07T01:08:00Z")
I have just returned from watching “Runaway Bride” for a 2nd time. I am struck by how good Richard Gere & Julia Roberts are together. Both are competent actors individually; but together they achieve more than the sum of the parts. I liked them better in this than in Pretty Woman. So my question for the masses is: Who is your favorite on-screen couple & what movie best exempifies why? * * * Sue from El Paso [members.aol.com/majormd/index.html](http://members.aol.com/majormd/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/2 "1999-09-07T01:15:00Z")
I think the best are those that are also real-life couples: Bogart/Bacall Tracy/Hepburn Burton/Taylor The horrible exception to this rule is Cruise/Kidman. By comparison, Nicole shows us all just what a bad actor Tom is. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/3 "1999-09-07T18:31:00Z")
My seconds for Bogie and bacall and hepburn/tracy i would also like to add: jimmy stewart/donna reed * * * To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/4 "1999-09-07T21:23:00Z")
Forget Tom Hanks. Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal(sp?) were a much better pairing. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/5 "1999-09-07T22:04:00Z")
It’s hard to beat Bogart/Bacall in THE BIG SLEEP and TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. ---
**Author:** ![J\_String](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@J\_String](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_String)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/6 "1999-09-07T22:41:00Z")
On and off screen… George and Gracie: the greatest love affair of the century. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/7 "1999-09-07T23:01:00Z")
A recent (sort of) pairing I like is Harrison Ford/Carrie Fisher in the _Star Wars_trilogy. My all time favorite, though, is Gable/Leigh in _Gone With the Wind_. A great TV pairing…CatDog. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 1999, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/8 "1999-09-08T03:07:00Z")
Anyone else like Kathleen Turner with Michael Douglas & a little Danny De Vito thrown in? I loved them in Romancing the Stone. Jewel of the Nile was a little too much of a “Let’s get another one of these out quick”… The War of the Roses was no formula movie, but no lighthearted romantic comedy, either. * * * Sue from El Paso [members.aol.com/majormd/index.html](http://members.aol.com/majormd/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 1999, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/9 "1999-09-08T03:30:00Z")
Homer and Marge ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 1999, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/10 "1999-09-08T03:31:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Anyone else like Kathleen Turner with Michael Douglas & a little Danny > De Vito thrown in? > I loved them in Romancing the Stone. Jewel of the Nile was a little too > much of a “Let’s get another one of these out quick”… Oh yeaaaaaaaaaah. . . The trio is perfect together! Your post reminded me of how much I loved Romancing the Stone. Guess what I’m going to rent this weekend? ## This is from the small screen and about a million years ago, but I loved Bruce Willis and Sybil Shepherd in Moonlighting (although I can’t stand Sybil, I could stomach her in this). I think they must have hated each other in real life. \>^,^\< KITTEN Coarse and violent nudity. Occasional language. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 1999, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/11 "1999-09-08T19:19:00Z")
Nathan Lane and Robin Williams ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 1999, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/12 "1999-09-08T19:29:00Z")
Jean Harlow and Clark Gable Myrna Loy and William Powell Greta Garbo and John Gilbert . . . and of course, Rogers and Astaire ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 1999, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/13 "1999-09-08T21:11:00Z")
Walter Mattheau and Jack Lemon Ok, how do you spell Walter’s last name? ---
**Author:** ![popokis5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@popokis5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/popokis5)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 1999, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/14 "1999-09-09T02:48:00Z")
Lucy and Ricky Dharma and Greg ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 1999, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-on-screen-couples/7578/15 "1999-09-10T02:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Walter Mattheau and Jack Lemon > > Ok, how do you spell Walter’s last name? Matthau. Lemmon. * * * Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together. —Red Green