![]() ![]() The 50th anniversary edition of the novel Love Story includes an introduction by Francesca.Įrich Segal was 30 years old and a professor at Yale when he wrote the 131-page Love Story. It was "genuine and earnest and I think it just struck a chord," she says. ![]() In December, 1970, in the midst of the Vietnam War and the continuing fight for Civil Rights - along came an "unabashedly sentimental" story "about the power of love," says Segal's daughter, writer Francesca Segal. "What can you say about a 25-year-old girl who dies?" So begins the novel and screenplay, both written by Erich Segal. Love Story, the romantic tearjerker starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw, broke box office records and the book it was based on was a bestseller that was translated into more than 30 languages. Since then, it has inspired countless ugly cries - and plenty of parodies, too.įifty years ago, a simple but tragic love story became a global sensation that stunned the entertainment industry. Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw starred in Love Story - a romantic tearjerker that became the highest grossing movie of 1970. ![]()
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