“Why is this like a dark secret? It’s just a movie.” Ryan O’Neal, who died this week at 82, was a smart, good-natured man who was bemused by the contradictions of Hollywood.
As he nervously awaited the release of Love Story five decades ago, he respected its shroud of silence but also was perplexed by it. “Love Story is on its own blacklist, but I don’t get why,” he observed.
The movie, of course, was the surprise hit of its year, but even the bestseller on which it was based had suddenly appeared on the “don’t talk” list.
Why the mystery? RELATED: Remembering Ryan O’Neal: A Film & TV Career In Photos Hollywood circa 1970 was a small town compared with the Amazon-and-Apple world of this moment, and Love Story had been preordained as an embarrassment.
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