barrett iv. many of hollywood's leading men turned down the role, including jon voight, michael douglas, and peterfonda, leaving room for a dashing ryan o'neal to light up the screen. >> how can you see me and still love me? >> that's what it's about, preppy. oprah: "lo oprah: "love story" was released in december 1970 and shot straight to number one, becoming the top-grossing movie of the year and earning 7 academy award nominations. "love story," as we've been saying, is one of the most romantic films in historythe onscreen chemistry between ali macgraw and mr. ryan o'neal. well, guess who's here. >> guess who's-- [cheering and applause] oprah: guess who's here. [cheering and applause] oprah: mr. ryan o'neal! ha ha ha! hi. ok, ok. hi, hi, doll. >> thanks for having me on. oprah: thank you for coming. we'll be right back. we'll talk to ryan when we come back. we'll come back. [cheering and applause] oprah: coming up...was it instant chemistry? "love story's" secrets revealed. and farrah remembered. and later, she inspired the movie. the real jenny cavilleri.wcett, la all new. america, you're gonn