In the romantic comedy 50 First Dates ( 2004 ), Adam Sandler plays veterinarian Henry Roth, who falls for Lucy Whitmore, played by Drew Barrymore.

Throughout the evolution of goth subculture, classic romantic, gothic and horror literature has played a significant role.

Moreover, the fact that the Suda is the only source we have for the heroic role played by Herodotus, as liberator of his birthplace, is itself a good reason to doubt such a romantic account.

His first thriller film since Copycat came in 2007, when he played the violent ex-husband in Bug, before two romantic comedies, 2007's P. S.

He played juveniles or romantic second-leads in drawing room comedies.

Cotten starred with Jennifer Jones in four films: the wartime domestic drama Since You Went Away ( 1944 ), the romantic drama Love Letters ( 1945 ), the western Duel in the Sun ( 1946 ), and the critically acclaimed Portrait of Jennie ( 1948 ), in which he played a melancholy artist who becomes obsessed with a girl who may have died many years ago.

Also in 2004, she portrayed a rising tennis player in the Wimbledon Championships opposite Paul Bettany, who played a fading former tennis star in the romantic comedy Wimbledon.

Ian Carmichael, who played the part of Wimsey in the BBC Television series adaptation and studied the character and the books thoroughly, said that the character was Sayers ' conception of the ' ideal man ', based in part on her earlier romantic misfortunes.

The name " Scouting " seems to have been inspired by the important and romantic role played by military scouts performing reconnaissance in the wars of the time.

In the summer of 1968, Tate began her next film, The Wrecking Crew ( 1969 ), a comedy in which she played Freya Carlson, an accident-prone spy, who was also a romantic interest for star Dean Martin, playing Matt Helm.

Following this acclaimed performance, she returned to French screens with Children of the Century ( 1999 ), a big budget romantic epic, in which she played 19th-century French proto-feminist author George Sand.

The plot concerns the machinations of a soon-to-be-divorced couple, played by Dunne and Grant, who go to great lengths to try to ruin each other's romantic escapades.

Despite not having the looks for a romantic lead, he impressed audiences with his talent and played classical roles in two plays by Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard and The Three Sisters.

Dead Ringer ( 1964 ) was a crime drama in which she played twin sisters and Where Love Has Gone ( 1964 ) was a romantic drama based on a Harold Robbins novel.

Tree also programmed popular melodramas, farces, romantic comedies and premieres, such as George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, in 1914, in which Tree played Henry Higgins opposite the Eliza of Mrs Patrick Campbell.

However, Brand played a very romantic lead in the movie Return from the Sea with Jan Sterling and a heartwarming character who was brain damaged and misunderstood in an episode of the TV show Daniel Boone.

She had a romantic role in the BBC television film Langrishe, Go Down ( 1978 ), with Jeremy Irons and a screenplay by Harold Pinter from the Aidan Higgins novel, directed by David Jones, in which she played one of three spinster sisters living in a fading Irish mansion in the Waterford countryside.

In 1984, Candy played Tom Hanks's womanizing brother in the hit romantic comedy Splash, generally considered his breakout role.

Ellen Barkin, who played the romantic interest " Penny Priddy ", describes the film as " if Terry Southern had written Star Wars.

She made four films in close succession with William Powell: Libeled Lady ( 1936 ), which also starred Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy, The Great Ziegfeld ( 1936 ), in which she played Billie Burke opposite Powell's Florenz Ziegfeld, the second " Thin Man " film, After the Thin Man with Powell and James Stewart, and the romantic comedy Double Wedding ( 1937 ).

Kreviazuk's " Time " was played in the credits of the movie Uptown Girls, and featured in an episode of the MTV reality show, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, the pilot episode of the ABC romantic comedy / drama Men in Trees, the CBS drama Joan of Arcadia, and the ABC family movie Lucky 7.

" In 2009, Zeta-Jones starred in romantic comedy The Rebound, in which she played a 40-year old mother of two who falls in love with a younger man, played by Justin Bartha.

Romulo ( played by Miguel González ), a paramedic, has a romantic interest in Cosabella.

Scott followed this by co-starring with Errol Flynn in Virginia City ( 1940 ) and played the " other man " role in the Irene Dunne – Cary Grant romantic comedy My Favorite Wife ( 1940 ).

Joan Hickson played the lead role.

The group recorded lead singer Matt Thiessen making drum noises and played them with electronic drums to make the song.

Following Fender's lead, Gibson released the first short scale violin-shaped electric bass with extendable end pin in 1953, allowing it to be played upright or horizontally.

Williams later played lead guitar on " Who Do You Love?

A feature-length historical film Caligula was completed in 1979, in which Malcolm McDowell played the lead role.

The game was played for the full 60 minutes ; however, the Predators were allowed to maintain their 1 – 0 lead from the original game and won, 3 – 2.

Argentine boxer Carlos Monzon, who didn't have a clear diction, had his voice dubbed by a professional actor when he played the lead in the drama La Mary, and Gert Frobe, who played Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film of that name ( Goldfinger ) was because of his heavy German accent dubbed by Michael Collins.

The same year he directed an episode of Rip Van Winkle, where Harry Dean Stanton played the lead role.

Bonetti played fine for an hour and England went into a commanding 2 – 0 lead, with Peters scoring against the Germans again after Alan Mullery had put the defending champions ahead.

Chapman played the lead roles in the Python's two narrative feature films Holy Grail and Life of Brian.

Herbert Hoover, acting as a main investor, financier, mining speculator and organizer of men, played a major role in the important metallurgical developments that occurred in Broken Hill in the first decade of the twentieth century, developments that had a great impact on the world mining and production of silver, lead and zinc.

Spiegel sent Katharine Hepburn the book and she suggested Bogart for the male lead, firmly believing that " he was the only man who could have played that part ".

Aaron attended Central High School as a freshman and a sophomore, where he played outfield and third base on the baseball team and helped lead his team to the Mobile Negro High School Championship both years.

The Beatles song " Norwegian Wood ", which first appeared on the band's 1965 album Rubber Soul, was the first western pop song to actually incorporate the sitar ( played by lead guitarist George Harrison ).

The following year, Voight had the lead role in the television movie The Fixer, in which he played Jack Killoran, a lawyer who crosses ethical lines in order to " fix " things for his wealthy clients.

She also played the lead role in the first production in English of Federico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, at the ANTA Playhouse in New York in 1951, and a BBC production of Lorca's Blood wedding ( Bodas de sangre ), broadcast on June 2, 1959.

Lemmy has occasionally played electric or acoustic guitar, notably on the acoustic song " I Ain't No Nice Guy " from Motörhead's March Ör Die album, the title track on 1996's Overnight Sensation, " Limb from Limb " on Overkill ( on which he plays the second lead break ), " Boogeyman " on Rock ' n ' Roll, and a mouth harp on " Whorehouse Blues " from the Inferno album.

The fellow whose nickname made up the title was played by Tom Ewell, and the female lead, Susan Oliver, won the Theatre World Award for her performance, while the Irwin Shaw adaptation opened at Henry Miller's Theatre on 28 October 1958 and closed on November 1.

After a mediocre year where the Twins played. 500 baseball for most of the season, the team won 17 of their last 21 games to tie the Detroit Tigers for the lead in the Central Division.

JDL played lead role in the " Free Soviet Jewry " movement (" Let My People Go!

Indeed, in the lead up to the 1949 federal election, Fadden played a key role in the defeat of the Chifley Labor government, frequently making inflammatory claims about the " socialist " nature of the Labor Party, which Menzies could then " clarify " or repudiate as he saw fit, thus appearing more " moderate ".

Following the lead of Stinky Toys, Métal Urbain played its first concert in December 1976.

Since making this decision correctly will lead to the most long-run profit for a skilled player, players often put considerable study into what the appropriate starting hand " standards " are for the game being played.

Falk played the second lead, Sganarelle.