I'll Have What She's Having: Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic Comedies

In considering the greatest of these films over time, Mr. Kimmel explains why "When Harry Met Sally" (1989) was called the greatest movie Woody Allen never made. Or how off-screen relationships helped "My Man Godfrey" (William Powell and Carole Lombard were divorced but remained friends) but interfered with "Sabrina" (where Audrey Hepburn was carrying on an off-screen affair with co-star William Holden, though her character was supposed to be falling in love with her other co-star, Humphrey Bogart). From "Trouble in Paradise" (1932) to "There's Something About Mary" (1998), "Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001), and "Love, Actually" (2003), Mr. Kimmel uncovers the idealized and often uproarious images of true love that have grown to become part of our understanding of romance. In "I'll Have What She's Having" he helps us meet the actors, screenwriters, directors, and producers who accomplished this trick and shows us how they pooled their talents and did it.