If you are a sucker for a good love story, the Golden Age of Hollywood has a surplus of them. We aren’t talking about the great romantic movies of the era – like “Gone With the Wind,” “Casablanca,” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. We are talking about the real-life romances between the legendary stars of the silver screen. While these legendary love stories will take your breath away and put butterflies in your stomach, there is also a darker side to Tinsel Town relationships. Sadly, most Old Hollywood love stories didn’t have a happy ending.
#1: Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall
One of Old Hollywood’s best-loved romances involved the legendary actor Humphrey Bogart and the beautiful Lauren Bacall. They met on the set of “To Have and Have Not” in 1944 and began a passionate love affair. The couple were married for 11 years until Bogart’s death. The problematic part was that Bogart was a 44-year-old married man when he met Bacall … and she was still a teenager!
