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Love Affair (1939) -- French playboy Michel Marnet and American Terry McKay fall in love aboard ship. They arrange to reunite 6 months later, after Michel has had a chance to earn a decent living.

Overview

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Director:
Leo McCarey
Writers:
Delmer Daves (screenplay) and
Donald Ogden Stewart (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
7 April 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
French playboy Michel Marnet and American Terry McKay fall in love aboard ship. They arrange to reunite 6 months later... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 6 Oscars. more
NewsDesk:
Oscar Nominees To Number 10 Next Year
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 25 June 2009, 1:12 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
1939 - the classic Hollywood year more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Irene Dunne ... Terry

Charles Boyer ... Michel
Maria Ouspenskaya ... Grandmother
Lee Bowman ... Kenneth Bradley
Astrid Allwyn ... Lois Clarke
Maurice Moscovitch ... Maurice Cobert (as Maurice Moscovich)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)
Certification:
Spain:T | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #4778)

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Trivia:
This was Irene Dunne's favorite among her films. This also happened to be Charles Boyer's favorite among his films as well. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Toward the end of the film, when Terry is on the sofa talking to Michel, she offers a cigarette to him. He picks it up, puts it in the mouth a little while and takes it out. Next shot, the cigarette is in his mouth. more
Quotes:
Terry McKay: The things we like best are either illegal, immoral or fattening. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) more
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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
1939 - the classic Hollywood year, 21 July 2002
Author: Schlockmeister from Midnight Movie Land

What a year that was... 1939! So many great movies produced in a 12 month period! And this ranks up there with any of them. especially if you are looking for a romance.

Irene Dunne is wonderful in her role, her expressive face conveyed her emotions and reactions so well it is like reading her mind. She ws beautiful and charming and perfect in her part. Charles Boyer as the quintessential French gadabout, seemingly unfeeling toward women but true love melts his heart.

Yes this indeed was the original "Meet me at the top of the Empire Stae Building" film and it sets a standard hard to beat.

Recommended highly, would make a great triple feature with "An Affair To Remember" and "Sleepless In Seattle". (in that order)

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