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Love Affair (1939) 7.3
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. Director:Leo McCarey |
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Title: Love Affair (1939)
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Nominated for 6 Oscars.
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Maria Ouspenskaya | ... | |
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Lee Bowman | ... | |
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Astrid Allwyn | ... | |
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Maurice Moscovitch | ... |
Maurice Cobert
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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. Written by Diana Hamilton <hamilton@gl.umbc.edu>
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7 April 1939 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Elle et lui See more »Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Michel: I'm trying to say that it would take me six months to find out if I'm worthy to say what's in my heart.
Terry McKay: Oh, that's just about the nicest thing...
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(1857) (uncredited)
Music by James Pierpont
Played in the score at Christmas
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This was Irene Dunne's favorite among her films. This also happened to be Charles Boyer's favorite among his films as well. See more »Goofs
When Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer are on the ship during the day and they are next to the railing talking and reading their letters, the ocean is moving behind them. Just after the close up on Dunne, she turns and faces the ocean, but you can see the shadow of her head on the screen that displays the ocean. See more »Quotes
Terry McKay: What are you trying to say, Michel?Michel: I'm trying to say that it would take me six months to find out if I'm worthy to say what's in my heart.
Terry McKay: Oh, that's just about the nicest thing...
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Opening credits are on pages of a book, through which someone is paging. See more »Soundtracks
"Jingle Bells"(1857) (uncredited)
Music by James Pierpont
Played in the score at Christmas
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I'd always been curious about this original version of the romantic 1957 hit, "An Affair to Remember" which was a bona fide box-office success, made so memorable by the classy pairing of Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. That CinemaScope remake in Color by DeLuxe, of this black-and-white original, was also co-written and directed by Leo McCarey, a man who wasn't afraid to regularly mix genuine sentiment with some fairly gloppy sentimentality in the same (admittedly tasty) cinematic dish.
I join those who prefer the original, thanks mostly to the restrained and very professional performances of a quite young-looking Charles Boyer and Miss Irene Dunne, who looks quite ravishing throughout (modelling some gowns that are as chic today as the first time this film was shown). And what a set of pearly whites she had... the better to charm the stuffing out of us with that glowing smile!
Anyway, Turner Classic Movies showed it the other evening and I couldn't believe the terrible condition of the print. Scratches, skips, muddiness, sound problems, every possible defect seemed to be in appalling evidence! Apparently the DVD now in circulation is every bit as bad. Hey! Come on guys! This film is considered one of the better ones during a year (1939) when Hollywood studios unleashed a cornucopia of goodies. How about giving us a version worth watching, for heaven's sake!