Top 10 Iconic Old Hollywood Couples

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These couples defined Old Hollywood. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most iconic romances of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Our countdown includes Clark Gable & Carole Lombard, Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh, Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz, and more! Who's YOUR favorite Old Hollywood couple? Let us know in the comments!
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@DanGamingFan2846 Жыл бұрын

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz may not have lasted long off screen, but onscreen, they were absolutely iconic.

@vic5015 Жыл бұрын

As a big Star Trek fan, I am eternally grateful to them.

@Marsha_Ann Жыл бұрын

They should have been #1 actually! They were THE DUO.

@m7dasplatoon539 3 ай бұрын

Even if they slip up they still stuck together to fight for interracial marriage

@rebeccassweetmusic4632 Жыл бұрын

My favorites definitely are Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks. I was surprised at first when I watched Be Kind Rewind's video on her and found out that she was also the wife of Mel Brooks. Just like Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, their relationship lasted until the day Anne died

@jaengen Жыл бұрын

Yes that was a real love story not fake like some of theses others.

@tojin Жыл бұрын

My favorite classic Hollywood couple is Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh! They were seriously one of the best looking couples of all time in Hollywood and love their dramatic background.

@liverpool2005 Жыл бұрын

And vivien leigh then cheated on him with Peter finch

@tojin Жыл бұрын

@@liverpool2005 so did many other celebrities 🤣🤣

@liverpool2005 Жыл бұрын

@@tojin exactly literally every celebritiy from the classic hollywood all had affairs it was such a Normal thing to do back in the day

@isaacmartinez6904 Жыл бұрын

Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman and Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are the best couples that stayed till the end.

@aleksandarvil5718 Жыл бұрын

Spencer Tracy × Catherine Hepburn : *“ARE WE A CHOPPED LIVER HERE?!!?”*

@angelnyambio5704 11 ай бұрын

Yup, they were the definition of, "So This Is Love?".

@trinaq Жыл бұрын

Hepburn's tears during Tracy's final speech were all too real, since he was declaring his real life love to her, and their decades long love affair. Sadly, Tracy passed away five months before the film was released.

@jzwalz51robin45 Жыл бұрын

Yes, she cared about him, even though both of them enjoyed same sex relationships throughout their lives.

@BlueSaphire70 Жыл бұрын

Yes, she did love him and cared for him. That's the best I can say for them as a couple.

@skyeslaton3435 Жыл бұрын

Tracy's last monologue in guess who's coming to dinner makes it more sad because he would pass away days after filming it

@shelley6477 Жыл бұрын

And I believe KH did not attend his funeral out of respect for his wife.

@werthmelissa Жыл бұрын

I saw on the DVD bonus features on the Guess Who's Coming To Dinner in the making of documentary that mentioned that Spencer passed less than two weeks after filming was finished.

@trinaq Жыл бұрын

Curtis and Leigh would be proud of their daughter, Jamie Lee, for finally winning an Oscar!

@mariechan9442 Жыл бұрын

I was expecting a mention of George Burns & Gracie Allen

@christinecremen4151 Жыл бұрын

Yes !!!!

@BlankCanvas88 Жыл бұрын

I also think of Betty White and Allen Ludden. They were such a sweet couple.

@mariechan9442 Жыл бұрын

Agreed! She loved him so much

@professort5550 Жыл бұрын

Jean Harlow and William Powell deserved an honorable mention.

@nadyarossi5102 Жыл бұрын

He should have married her!

@missyadams Жыл бұрын

@@nadyarossi5102 She fell ill

@chaosdromanah8620 Жыл бұрын

Bogy and Bacall are simply perfect for each other

@chelseacanales8763 Жыл бұрын

Curtis and Leigh may not had a long relationship, but they are both talented actors and they ought to be proud that their daughter Jamie Lee won an Oscar.

@peterfrank3365 Жыл бұрын

Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. Hell of a tragic story.

@vic5015 Жыл бұрын

Worse, unless I'm mistaken she died in her way back from a tour selling war bonds. At least that's the story I heard. It wasn't a pleasure flight. She was trying to help out during ww2.

@lordalessan Жыл бұрын

@@vic5015 She was supposed to take the train home but was eager to get back because of rumors surrounding Clark Gable and Lana Turner so she made everyone take the plane.

@angelaholmes8888 Жыл бұрын

I'm happy that Humphrey bogart and Lauren bacal are number 1 these two were soulmates 💘

@missyadams Жыл бұрын

In her book, she shared the love letters he wrote to her, they were so touching. And also what he said to their son after they brought him home. There was an intercom in Stephen's nursery connected to their room and she heard him say: 'hello son. Little fellow aren't you? I'm father, welcome home'.

@angelnyambio5704 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, they definitely was, they're my favorite.

@juanpablogonzalezlacava Жыл бұрын

Tracy final speech and Kate crying for real because she knew he was dying was everything. They are number 1

@MrDarrellmoo Жыл бұрын

No mention of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr and Mary Pickford - the original Hollywood Power Super Couple?? I mean c'mon.

@user-cb5fz2fm9p Жыл бұрын

Muuuik kk😊 😅

@julianaylor4351 Жыл бұрын

Desilu Studios took a chance on a project by Gene Roddenberry called Star Trek. So although Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez's marriage didn't last, their relationship helped create one of the greatest science fiction franchises of all time.

@visgrrl1 Жыл бұрын

Their MARRIAGE didn't last. They were friends until the end.

@vic5015 Жыл бұрын

Can't help but wonder how Sir Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh would have worked out if she had gotten the help she needed.

@nanabutner Жыл бұрын

Sadly in those days the treatment was often far worse than the disease and was mostly ineffective! Also the stigma of mental illness was horrendous and very possibly totally ended her career. Many were so ashamed of any family member(my own family included) having a mental illness that the family would lie about the condition or even hide the person from others.

@vic5015 Жыл бұрын

@@nanabutneryeah, I know. They did have proper drugs for psychiatric conditions back then.

@nanabutner Жыл бұрын

@@vic5015 Actually they did NOT have the proper drugs then! I know because my grandfather had atherosclerosis and other mental problems starting in 1945. He became so violent that he had to be permanently hospitalized! They tried everything from insulin shock therapy to ice baths and every medication on the market. If you will check drug pattens you will discover that the psychotic drugs were “discovered” in the late 1960’s onward. In the 1930’s through most of the 1970’s there were few and ineffective choices available. If fact most of the mental disorders were unknown in those days. They obviously knew SOMETHING was not right, but they had no idea WHAT WAS WRONG OR WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEMS! Most of the early psychiatrists theories have been disproven as have their treatments.

@werthmelissa Жыл бұрын

Love this list! A few other mentions I'll add: Judy Garland & Vincente Minnelli (would go on to be parents of Liza Minnelli), Frank Sinatra (again!) & Mia Farrow and Bob Hope & Dolores Hope (their whopping 69 years of marriage is still a Hollywood record that no one will ever beat!).

@pamelamays4186 Жыл бұрын

Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Jack Benny and Mary Livingston. Bob and Delores Hope. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

@Omar-wq9dz Жыл бұрын

For the most iconic, it would be a tie between Hepburn/Tracy and Bogart/Bacall

@jzwalz51robin45 Жыл бұрын

Even thought Tracy and Hepburn had same sex relationships?

@skyeslaton3435 Жыл бұрын

Clark gable and carole lombard the king and queen of hollywood

@Dopecheetah Жыл бұрын

How can someone ask someone else to leave their kid behind for 6 months. Sidney Poitier was tripping yo.

@kailyns8159 Жыл бұрын

When Hollywood icon Esther Williams got married to her third husband, actor Fernando Lamas, he told her that she could not bring her children from previous marriages into his house. She was allowed limited contact with them by phone and the occasional outside visit, but until Lamas died she barely had a relationship with them. And I’m pretty sure he also made her quit acting. They were married 13 years. During an interview very late in her life, Esther was asked if Lamas had warned her about this beforehand and she said he did. When asked how a mother could accept such conditions she replied that Fernando loved her so completely and doted on her so genuinely that she felt whole with the arrangement. However, she did rebuild her relationship with her kids after his death.

@Dopecheetah Жыл бұрын

@@kailyns8159 wow that’s fcked up yo. Thanks for that info.

@italianlifestyle7911 Жыл бұрын

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were one of the most iconic couples of the century!❤

@user-us6ce7me8k Жыл бұрын

They sure were..

@deloreswillis9224 2 ай бұрын

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@LeeLee19901 Жыл бұрын

Ruby Dee and ossie Davis should've been on the list

@BlueSaphire70 Жыл бұрын

I agree!

@theorderofthebees7308 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@malakcanvas Жыл бұрын

I agree! 💖

@deloreswillis9224 2 ай бұрын

ME 2 ❤❤❤

@outinsider Жыл бұрын

I think this is a good list. Hepburn & Tracy remain my favorite classic film couple. You don't spend 25 years with someone just to be reduced to being beards for each other by someone looking to make a quick dollar without the star being alive to vouch. Bogie & Bacall follow second. I honestly believe that Bacall loved Bogie, even after marrying Jason Robards, and loved him until her passing in 2014.

@user-mf2po7du2y Жыл бұрын

Is True that bacall loved bogie to the last day of her life. You know even her second husband call her widow bogart

@outinsider Жыл бұрын

@@user-mf2po7du2y I believe it!

@angelaholmes8888 Жыл бұрын

Paul and Joanne definitely belong on this list 🙂

@vic5015 Жыл бұрын

50 years of marriage is quite impressive!

@BlueSaphire70 Жыл бұрын

I generally agree with this list but for Spencer Tracy and Sidney Poitier. Tracy was a user. There is nothing honorable about his behavior. And if Poitier asked for Ms. Carroll to leave her daughter for a year to be with him, he's totally bonkers. You don't ask a mother to do such a thing! I think Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft and Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee should be there in their stead.

@malakcanvas Жыл бұрын

Right! And him & his friend Harry were terrible towards Black women.

@truecynic1270 Жыл бұрын

The great thing is that these couple were HONESTLY in love with each other...we, the public, are SO lucky to be able to see what honest love looks like!!!!

@HeronCoyote1234 Жыл бұрын

I think top 15 would have covered the couples pointed out by commenters, like Ozzie Davis and Ruby Dee, Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft (although would they have been considered “old Hollywood”?).

@pamelamays4186 Жыл бұрын

Though not a romantic couple, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney had a friendship that lasted for decades.

@angelnyambio5704 11 ай бұрын

yep, along with her and Gene Kelly

@tizianamorandi5381 Жыл бұрын

Barbara Stanwick and Robert Taylor...this is my favorite iconic couple of old Hollywook. They married in 1939 and divorced in 1951.

@angelaholmes8888 Жыл бұрын

Laurence and vivian were so great together ❤

@fan1985ful Жыл бұрын

Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford are missing. They had a live long on/off Affair and friendship.

@baby_grogu Жыл бұрын

I totally agree! Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles were a terrible couple to list. By all accounts, their marriage was toxic from the start. In contrast, Rita Hayworth’s love affair with Glenn Ford was much more beautiful and lasted decades. I think that Glenn loved Rita for who she truly was, unlike her husbands who viewed her as a trophy and only loved her for her sex appeal.

@thebuddyholly 11 ай бұрын

Exactly lol, I was surprised they where in front of Tracy and Hepburn

@jonstreng7850 Жыл бұрын

I know they never married but Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell were together nearly 30 years

@special7217 Жыл бұрын

Her previous marriage was so bad, she didn't want to marry again.

@mariaaguadoball3407 11 ай бұрын

But, however old they may seem to you, they're not Classic Hollywood

@mdturnerinoz Жыл бұрын

We took a trou of Hearst Castle, where we were taken to one of its towers where Gable and Lombard spent their honeymoon. It was such a romantic venue that they must have really enjoyed their first married days together.

@bennymora3086 Жыл бұрын

The couples in #2 were just so sweet.😊

@justineves3588 Жыл бұрын

Very very great epic list I like it a lot very very great job mis mojo one of my absolute favorite list ever 💗 😊

@trentwillams7805 Жыл бұрын

I recognize most of the old Hollywood couples and I seen some of my favorites couples and I even know the stories about these old Hollywood couples.❤

@writergirl3233 Жыл бұрын

Very good list 🙂

@freddiemolinajr.8397 Жыл бұрын

great video

@edwardimhoff3106 Жыл бұрын

Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronin....They would have won the Paul Harvey Tournament of Roses. See the movies "Batteries Not included" and "Dancing With The White Dog" Those two were married for life. And that life was long.

@ninademci1500 Жыл бұрын

What about Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell?

@missyadams Жыл бұрын

OLD Hollywood

@Dagmicl Жыл бұрын

People say the prettiest classic actress was Vivien Leigh but you are wrong , it was Gene Tierney . Taylor-Burton?? STEAMY🔥🔥🔥

@wowbobwow37 Жыл бұрын

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward should be #1.

@marilynhands1859 Жыл бұрын

Hume Cronin and Jessica Tandy😊

@kellibradley Жыл бұрын

Lucy and Desi ❤❤

@gallaxian Жыл бұрын

If’s amazing how many of the relationships began as affairs and ended in divorce.

@special7217 Жыл бұрын

Same thing with celeb couples today.

@melisagalvalizi6982 Жыл бұрын

elizabeth and richard!!!! a love for the ages

@deloreswillis9224 2 ай бұрын

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@Marsha_Ann Жыл бұрын

I love watching videos about classic Hollywood. Can you guys do a list of top 100 classic Hollywood movies of all time?? But u need to fix the previous list u guys recently made of the top 10. It's a Wonderful Life is a top 5 contender, not an honorable mention.

@krystallovesclassics508 Жыл бұрын

Clark Gable and Carole Lombard should be much higher than No.7 they were Hollywood's IT couple before blessed Carole was killed. This was one of Hollywood's most celebrated couples, The world were in love with Clark and Carole and the world mourned alongside Clark for Carole, I must correct you Clark and Carole were not a secret for long, In fact within 4 months they were a public couple long before his divorce was final, In fact they were inseparable, There was a infamous article in Photoplay Magazine titled "Hollywood's Unmarried Husband's and Wives" and the majority of the article was on Clark and Carole, When the article shifted to them the first words were "To the outside world Clark Gable and Carole Lombard might as well be married." Clark lived and additional 19 years and yet Ma & Pa as they affectionately called one another rest next to each other until the end of time. P.s. Kay Gable is such a swell sport, I'm glad she's close by her husband.

@GamerFunOriginallyAarush Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@jaredquinney204 Жыл бұрын

Interesting

@angelnyambio5704 11 ай бұрын

Humphery and Lauren are far by one of my all-time-favorite Classic Hollywood Couples, next to Lucy and Desi and maybe, Richard and Elizabeth. To be honest, I believe that although Richard and Elizabeth were definitely iconic and a pretty great match, chemistry-wise, they were to me, second-best, when it comes to Humphery and Lauren's on/off-screen romance. Plus, they were the true definition of '"a product of loveliness'', both aesthetic-wise and saying 'heart wants what it wants'-wise. Also, they kinda basically were the "Robin Hood and Lady Marian" of their time.

@emmagilchrist87 Жыл бұрын

You forgot Jean harlow and William Powell forbidden love that the studios kept them apart and made her marry one of the executives at MGM which he then died under mysterious circumstances.

@nerd26373 Жыл бұрын

God bless everyone. Have a good day.

@waittillfamewtf2385 Жыл бұрын

Lydia Clarke 🎀 Charlton Heston

@BlueSaphire70 Жыл бұрын

I agree, and there are two more couples that should have made it. That's James Stewart and his wife Gloria and Gregory Peck and his wife Veronique.

@waittillfamewtf2385 Жыл бұрын

@@BlueSaphire70 good choice

@SassySpaceKadet 11 ай бұрын

What about Norma Shearer, sine you mentioned Pre-Code Era movies? Or Jean Harlow, Olivia de Havilland or her sister Joan Fontaine??

@adriangarcia543 Жыл бұрын

Like it

@timferguson1593 4 ай бұрын

I didn't realize Newman and Woodward lasted 50 yrs. Right on

@Al_Klinks_used_reed Жыл бұрын

Proud second :) I haven't a thing else to say

@Reaperguy67 Жыл бұрын

So who cares. Your comment is pointless since you will never get anything for it.

@Al_Klinks_used_reed Жыл бұрын

@@Reaperguy67 yea, but I don't think anyone will gain anything from any comment.

@Reaperguy67 Жыл бұрын

@@Al_Klinks_used_reed you are correct. That's why it's pointless to even care about what number comment you are. also nice profile pic

@Al_Klinks_used_reed Жыл бұрын

@@Reaperguy67 well, not like I have a thing else to do with my life rn. And thank you :)

@Reaperguy67 Жыл бұрын

@@Al_Klinks_used_reed you are welcome. I don't have anything to do since I been in my car since like 5 am

@melisagalvalizi6982 Жыл бұрын

Jean Harlow and William powell!!!😭

@rabt16 9 ай бұрын

Bogart & Bacall #1 ❤🎉❤

@agustinprystupa280 Жыл бұрын

Carole Lombard tecnically wasn't unhappy when she was married to William Powell they simply didn't have a lot in common but there are lots of couples missing like Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon Jean Harlow and Bill Powell June Allyson and Dick Powell Joan Blondell and Dick Powell June Haver and Fred MacMurray Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra Douglas Fairbanks Sr and Mary Pickford Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg Jennifer Jones and David Selznick

@jzwalz51robin45 Жыл бұрын

If by "couples" close friendships are included, then yes. Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn were both involved in same sex relationships throughout their lives.

@mariaaguadoball3407 11 ай бұрын

And you know they weren't bi/pan & polyamorous how, exactly?

@jzwalz51robin45 11 ай бұрын

@@mariaaguadoball3407 most older fans tend to ignore that part of their lives and prefer to believe in the public personaes created by the studios.

@frayhua9716 Жыл бұрын

What about Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett,Burt Reynolds and Sally Field and Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood they was The Bennifer of the seventies.

@whammy3323 Жыл бұрын

You forgot Doris Day & Rock Hudson

@Ryan_Hansen Жыл бұрын

rock hudson was gay, they werent together.

@julianaylor4351 Жыл бұрын

Friends, not a couple.

@fulanideedee8709 Жыл бұрын

How in the heaven and lleh were Ozzie Davis and Ruby Dee not on this list. Even as an honorable mention. Ya'll really need to hire more black people. This couple was easy.

@larenabillingsley7250 10 ай бұрын

That’s probably why the Carroll / Poiter romance was featured on the list ! There’s usually only one token minority! You know the way this goes! 😂

@deloreswillis9224 2 ай бұрын

I definitely AGREE❤

@melisagalvalizi6982 Жыл бұрын

Tyrone power and judy garland!!! Tyrone fell madly in love with Judy and she got pregnant!!

@UnDonnaiolo 2 ай бұрын

Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland

@harlow743 5 ай бұрын

Actually Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks were the MOST ICONIC

@all_about_sports_cha 8 ай бұрын

of course you forget the Frensh lover Jean-pierre Aumont and his wife Queenof Technicolor Maria Montez who married her for 8 years from 1943 untilher death in 1951

@raisa6980 Жыл бұрын

Audrey Hepburn and William Holden not even a honorable mention ?

@christophergosnell6151 Жыл бұрын

Do th top 10 worst things D.W. Read has done in Author

@Melody_Loves_Music Жыл бұрын

You missed Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.

@yadielenielbellecolon982 Жыл бұрын

😍👍💗💞🌟💛🥇🏆

@liverpool2005 Жыл бұрын

Literally all this couples started or ended with affairs

@xavierwilson2546 Жыл бұрын

For 9 years Sydney played in Dihanne’s face!!! Remove them from this list!!

@nancydemoss2945 4 ай бұрын

Love that last clip of Bogie and Bacall! You just put your lips together and blow. 💋

@alonsoswife Жыл бұрын

Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland?

@rebeccajunge2499 Жыл бұрын

They were never a couple in real life - I think this list is only about people who actually got together, not just on screen. :)

@alonsoswife Жыл бұрын

@@rebeccajunge2499 oh I thought they were a real couple.

@evangelistamono2200 Жыл бұрын

They both had crushes on each other, but were both married to other people . That mattered to DeHavilland

@alonsoswife Жыл бұрын

@Evangelista Mono thank you both for clarifying

@missyadams Жыл бұрын

@@alonsoswife he did ask her to be with him, she said she couldnt when he was still married. He chose to go back to his wife

@marshagarwood2076 Жыл бұрын

Not sure Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis rate. She had a very happy 2nd marriage.

@trixie-leestethin1643 Жыл бұрын

Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney William Powell and Jean Harlow George Burns and Gracie Allen

@mariaaguadoball3407 11 ай бұрын

Can we stop with the lie that Ball & Arnaz were an "interracial" couple? Cuban is a nationality, not a race & his background was clearly European.

@TheIntelligentElephant71133 Жыл бұрын

1st 🥇

@Reaperguy67 Жыл бұрын

You really are sad since you give yourself a pointless medal for a pointless comment.

@lordalessan Жыл бұрын

Spencer Tracy wouldn't divorce his wife because of his Catholic faith, but went on to have extramarital affairs with Hepburn and Gene Tierney. Hypocrite much?