Love Story (1970 film) that the patient grows more beautiful until finally dying". In 1971, the twentieth episode of the fourth season of "The Carol Burnett Show" featured a take-off of the film called "Lovely Story", with Carol Burnett in the MacGraw role and Harvey Korman in the O'Neal role. Love Story (1970 film) Love Story is a 1970 American romantic drama film written by Erich Segal, who was also the author of the best-selling novel of the same name. It was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland,
Love Story (1970 film) also positive, writing that although "the plot-line has been honored many times ... It's the telling that matters: the surfaces and the textures and the charm of the actors. And it is hard to see how these quantities could have been significantly improved upon in 'Love Story.'" "Newsweek", however, felt the film was contrived and film critic Judith Crist called "Love Story" ""Camille" with bullshit." Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" wrote, "I can't remember any movie of such comparable high-style kitsch since Leo McCarey's 'Love Affair' (1939) and his 1957 remake, 'An Affair to Remember.' The only really