Old school romance

I was thinking about the way I've seen romance portrayed in movies and TV in the 'old days'.

It seems like a guy just had to tell a woman how beautiful she was (embellished with some Shakespearesque flourishes) and assuming he was sufficiently attractive, she'd swoon, they'd fall in love, and 9 and a half months later a baby would be born.

Does the same strategy still work today? Why or why not? Limit your response to 2 pages, double spaced.