Last week, Joanna posted this darling photo of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and it sent me searching for more pics of the famous Hollywood couple.
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward wed January 29, 1958 in Las Vegas, and there are so many delightful photos of them together that seem to explain how they stayed happily married for 50 years.
Joanne: Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat…
I imagine if you’re reading Snippet & Ink, you love flowers and invitations and all the lovely details that go into a wedding. But if you’re anything like me, you’re even more inspired by what could only be described as true love. Sweet, romantic, silly, mundane love. Eating popcorn together and snuggling up with a cup of tea…
I adore these two – look at the way he looks at her!
This? This is the reason there are weddings.
I loved this post Kathryn. Thank you for brightening up my otherwise mundane and foggy Tuesday morning
I <3 this. I'm getting married Saturday and it was so nice to see these pics.
I love this!
i totally just teared up at work over this… love it!
Okay, too amazing to believe <3 LOVE them goofing around in the sunbonnet pics <3
This is one of the most inspirational posts ever. From they way they are together and the love the exude in their photographs, to their style. Love everything. This would make great inspiration for an engagement shoot, or how to wear your hair for the big day…or any day for that matter (especially if you have short hair like me). Thanks for the amazing post!
Kathryn, thanks for making my heart melt a little this morning! I needed that. xo Erin
I love this! I saw the post on A Cup of Jo, and I was curious about them but didn’t look them up. These photos are so beautiful and I love that you reminded us that true love is why we get to marvel at the prettiness of weddings. Great post!
i love love love this post. amazing. so beautiful.
Love! This is love. You can just tell can’t you? The first picture is what showed up on my feed (the trombone) and I thought of my wonderful man and his Saxophone and how I always interrupt him cause he’s so dang cute when he plays. Then I scrolled down and fell in love with the similarities that silly, true love, resonates in the heart of those who are truly in love as well. Beautiful, great find!!!
xoxo Cynthia
You just made me cry. In such a good way. I just want to drive to my husband’s office and give him a huge hug and a kiss.
Thank you for posting this! I just got married a few weeks ago and in the sea of divorces and unhappy marriages it’s so refreshing to see a couple that loved each other and weren’t afraid to be silly with one another.
Such an inspiration!
Love them! My husband and I took inspiration from their wedding vows when we were writing our own. Love the last line.
“Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage: The little things are the big things. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel. It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.”
Very inspirational! I want this in my life!
This just made my morning. I am getting married in 10 days and it just reminded me of the most important reason why- LOVE!
More of this, please! I love wedding inspiration as much as the next person but marriage/ relationship inspiration is always a nice reminder as to why we are taking these vows in the first place. The wedding is one day but marriage is a lifetime.
Ashley B. – I love their wedding vows. It rings so, so true. Thanks for posting them!
I absolutely love this post! I’ve been following yours and many other wedding blogs for quite some time and sometimes I’m a little jaded by the way we focus on weddings. This is inspiring and a wonderful reminder of why I love wedding blogs in the first place.
I love looking at all your wedding posts, but this was by far my favorite post that you’ve ever done. Le sigh.
Perfect. Thanks for sharing this!
Love it, shared it, and they loved it.
Perfect!
I adore this post! Thank you so much for compiling all of these photos in one place! I have always loved photos of Paul Newman looking at Joanne Woodward. Pure love and respect in his eyes!
Love. This.
Love this so hard! Made me cry a little.
My sister-in-law and brother-in-law read a section of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s wedding vows at our wedding (three weeks ago!).
They are such fitting and meaningful words to live by in any relationship, and these photos are proof that they lived them everyday!
I love their story. Thank you so much for this touching post.
Delightful. And, oh, he is just such a handsome man.
i’m getting married next week and i LOVED looking through these memories! i can only hope that i am so happy with my husband!
I love the pictures, he was a rare gentlemen among the Hollywood Set.
But, I can’t help but feel bad for his first wife, whom he left after a decade of marriage.
I guess second time is the charm!
This just made me tear up big time. Their faces express such emotions of love and it just gets better as they get older!
Beautiful.
My husband just sent me a link to this page with the caption “thinking of you.” It made me cry. Thanks for reminding us what love looks like.
Love this! Absolutely perfect. Thank you for posting these!
love love love. i think my john looks a little tiny bit like paul newman – kind of one of the many things that attracted me to him. here’s to hoping i can say we were married for 50 years…
love love love. i kinda think my john looks a little tiny bit like paul – kinda one of the many things that attracted me to him at first. here’s to hoping we can say we were married for 50 years…
It’s so nice to see pictures of true love! Thanks for sharing this special post!
this post made my day, thanks for the sharin the love
These photos are such a treat!!!
xo
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This post made me cry. They’re such an inspirational, not to mention, dreamboat couple. Love everything about them, and their love. So exquisite.
Love this post so much. It gave me the biggest warm feeling. What a couple.
It’s such a delight to see happy couples like this. It makes me happy and it’s definitely an inspiration! Thanks
It’s lovely to see a post reflecting on a marriage rather than focusing on a wedding. Thank you for this.
They seem just as much in love in the older pictures as the wedding ones. Thanks for the lovely post!
Love this. LOVE this. Thank you.
Those are great photos. Especially because they are taken over many years. I saw a post not too long ago at thegracefulwife.blogspot.com that shows lots and lots of pictures of Kate Middleton smiling at William. On the blog, the writer says something about how she first noticed during the wedding that every time William looked at Kate, she smiled. I look forward to seeing what their pictures look like in 30 years. I hope she is still smiling at him.
I adore this post and all things Paul Newman… Thank you for reminding us all what a marriage is all about!
Cool Hand Luke, indeed.
Love, Love, Love! A picture really is worth a 1,000 words. xo
These are beautiful, I looked at the first photo a few times the other day – I love the look on mrs Newman’s face
contentment
completely amazing!!!
This is, BY FAR, one of my favorite posts to date! Fantastic job Kathryn!! There’s nothing like being in love, and loving every moment of it
Ahh….I absolutely ADORED this post! What a true blessing to find a partner who will MAKE true love happen, with you and for you!
absolutely beautiful..
When asked about infidelity, Paul Newman said, “Why go out for a hamburger when you have steak at home?”
Love that quote! I hope someone says that about me someday!
What a beautiful post!
Amen, sistah. Love ‘em.
A truly beautiful post. Thank you!
Wow I love is the energy and the fact that they’re just having so much fun together. Thanks for posting these, so inspiring and makes me smile to think that my Hubby and I might look the same together too. 50 years of happiness await
xox Mrs. Châtelaine in Paris
oh my. these photos are amazing. they make me so excited to document the growth of my marriage. what a lovely couple.
thanks for the collection!
I have always respected Paul Newman because of his adoration of his wife. There’s no doubt in my mind that that couple embodies everything that true love is. But, it’s easy to say sexiness wears thin when you are married to a man who ages well and never loses his looks
This made me weep. It’s so, so cute but I don’t think I’ll ever have a relationship like that.
a great reminder….that love is the base of it all.
thanks for posting kathryn.
This was a perfect reminder of why it is worth waiting for your prince charming!
Love, love, love this!!
although marriage is hard for everyone, it is wonderful to see a couple who makes it last, work, and are truly in love. I’ve always loved these two & their love story. thanks for sharing!
Yep. Love weddings, but it is true love that makes me tear up at them. These two have long been models for me to aspire to in relationship…and I think I’ve got some of that now. Thanks for this wonderful set of photos and thoughts.
Thank you so much for this lovely and thoughtful post. Paul Newman is my absolute favorite actor. “Cat on a hot tin roof”is a must see. His beautiful and enduring love affair with his wife is something most of us dream about. Thank you again for posting this.
This is why I love you and your BLOG Kathryn!!! You are real! And this is totally what being a wedding photographer is all about. I love details and beautiful portraits but that is peripheral to what is central… The love share by two individuals that joins them together… That’s what a wedding is about! Individuality of personalities joined in unity of marriage! Thank you for reminding us all! And thanks God for couples like Joanne and Paul!!!
this is one of the sweetest posts, ever. thank you for this and all the darling shots <3
I love her quote about beauty fading and laughter being what’s important. But lord– his beauty hardly faded at all, if even!
Very sweet photos… especially the ones with the way he looks at her!
True love!
Paul was one of my favorite all-time actors. Nowadays I see him on the bottle of my salad dressing.
These photos are lovely. Love this couple. Paul was/is the best!
This is absolutely, positively one of the most terrific things I’ve ever seen. They are so cute together!
Maria xx
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They were a beautiful couple..arent too many in Hollywood like them
Wow…what love, what energy, what passion! This is a couple that truly see each other, and I hope one day that I am so lucky. Thanks for the post!
i have always admired this beautiful couple. and living close to them in CT – catching glimpses was always a treat.
Ohhhh I love this! Such a great post, lovely reminder to treasure what you have.
Oh how sweet!!! They have always been my favorite couple, and their love an inspiration. Thank you so much for this post! It is so heartwarming. Love your blog, too!
Awww this is so romantic! Great post!
aw, this is too sweet. true and pure love. they are very lucky to have found each other.
These pictures made my heart melt. I seriously got choked up.
This is what makes me believe in marriage and in love. It is possible and it can last a lifetime.
~F
Amazing. Possibly one the the most beautiful couples ever.
this is making me want to weep.
Amazing post. thank you for researching this and posting it. it’s so inspiring.
Love is not a Fairytale
But, the journey of a lifetime
That begins with great dreams
Followed by the aspirations of the two people
Willing to work together as a a TEAM
Laughing & Playing thier way
To thier own HAPPILY EVER AFTER
My husband and I used their vows for our wedding three years ago! He passed away a week after. We’re from CT and got married there, Newman and Woodward were longtime residents of the state. We were also inspired for the same reasons in this post.
marriage does not make this happen . . . these are 2 souls connected on a special level, and what a special level it is! beautiful . . .
This post made me so happy, thank you for the smiles!
Sigh. So lovely, so loving.
Although, I imagine being married to someone who looks like Paul Newman couldn’t be too hard
this is REMARKABLE. thank you for posting*