Teresa Wright and Dana Andrews stick with me for one reason, The Best Years of our Lives. They had the best onscreen chemistry. Molly Ringwald and Michael Schoeffling had it in 16 Candles, not in real life as it turns out, but they sure did in the movie. Lacey Chabert and Andrew Walker had it in My Secret Valentine. I have no idea why it happens or why it doesn’t. But I don’t think there’s any denying it. Maybe it has to do with the viewer? I happen to really like Andrews and Wright as people/actors. Maybe its the situation the viewer likes? At the moment I can’t really think of too many other cases of when the sparks were flying. John Ford tried to “make it happen” with John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, but I don’t think it really did. Lacey Chabert has had it probably 3 times. Equally attractive Jennifer Love Hewitt I don’t think has ever had it. “Luke and Laura” on General Hospital in the early 80s? Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window? Who knows why the screen crackles with some couples and not with others. That moment when 2 actors create the illusion that you think is real. I have the feeling I’ll be back with an edit once I think about it awhile.



