The holiday has its origins in 1922, when an Ohio man (my home state now!) by the name of Herbert Birch Kingston wanted to spread joy to the neglected, orphans, and others with similar fates. As a candy business employee, Kingston and others in the Cleveland area began to give treats to the orphans and the poor. When actress Ann Pennington was in Cleveland, she celebrated Sweetest Day by giving out candy to more than two thousand newspaper boys as a sign of gratitude for their work. And then actress Theda Bara gave away thousands of boxes containing chocolates to hospitals in the area, as well as to those who saw her movie.

Sweetest Day is celebrated primarily in the Great Lakes area of the United States – such as Ohio and Michigan - but is has slowly moved on to the other parts of the country as well. From what I understand, the holiday is now finding some non-official acceptance in other countries as of late. For 2006, Sweetest Day is celebrated on October 21.

My favorite romantic score at this time is PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Dario Marianelli. What is yours (and don't feel limited to listing only one score...or if there is simply a track within a non-romantic score you feel inclined to...i.e. "Wifeing" from Basil Poledouris's CONAN THE BARBARIAN is a personal favorite of mine as well).

with love as always,
the filmscore gal,
Galina

"Sweetest Day?" Give me a gorram break. It's just another made up "holiday" by the corporations to make money, and to make people who don't have anyone (like me) feel like sh*t.

John Barry always fits this semi-holiday. I especially would pick his Robin and Marian love theme.

I'd also play Friedhofer's lovely theme from An Affair To Remember.

jojo

[Message edited by jojo on 10-19-2006]