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“Love With a Proper Stranger.” “Cloud Waltzing.” Paramount. $39.95 each. If it’s true that the Harlequin romance novels provide the same sort of escapist fantasy as most television drama, then transferring them to the home screen seems redundant. Here they are anyway, produced by Yorkshire Television in Great Britain and previously seen on the Showtime cable channel. What’s surprising is how unalike the two movies (on separate tapes) are. “Love With a Proper Stranger” is quite appealing as Daniel Massey pursues Marilu Henner with romantic dinners, long carriage rides and sumptuous sight-seeing in Italy. “Cloud Waltzing,” on the other hand, is slow, sullen and totally lacking in chemistry between Kathleen Beller and Francois Eric Gendron. Information: (213) 468-5000. “Stranger”: ***, “Waltzing”: *