An Affair to Remember (1957)

Director:

Leo McCarey

Writers (WGA):

Delmer Daves (screenplay) and
Leo McCarey (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 July 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

On the Riviera...across the ocean...and all over New York!

Plot:

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

Plot Keywords:

Love | Playboy | Christmas | Paralytic | Painting

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Cary Grant	...	Nickie Ferrante
Deborah Kerr	...	Terry McKay
Richard Denning	...	Kenneth Bradley
Neva Patterson	...	Lois Clark
Cathleen Nesbitt	...	Grandmother Janou
Robert Q. Lewis	...	Himself - Announcer
Charles Watts	...	Ned Hathaway
Fortunio Bonanova	...	Courbet

Also Known As:

Leo McCarey's An Affair to Remember (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Hong Kong:I | Australia:G | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | New Zealand:G | Argentina:13 | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Peru:PT | USA:Approved (certificate #18547) | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Jerry Wald Productions

Trivia:

Deborah Kerr plays Terry McKay, previously played by Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939), of which this film is a remake - both were directed by Leo McCarey. The year before this film was made, Kerr played Anna Leonowens in The King and I (1956), also a role that had previously been played by Irene Dunne in the black-and-white classic Anna and the King of Siam (1946). "The King and I" is a musical based on the same book.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Terri Mckay is teaching the little kids to sing, two of the kids go and do a dance, then walk back around and behind the little girl. In the close-up of the cute little blond girl there is no-one behind her, and in the next shot the boy and the girl are there behind her again.

Quotes:

Nickie Ferrante: But you have such an honest face.
Terry McKay: I have?
Nickie Ferrante: I can trust you can't I?
Terry McKay: Yes, I suppose so.
Nickie Ferrante: Good, come with me.
Terry McKay: Yes, but the Captain has an honest face too! Why can't you tell him your troubles?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The New Adventures of Old Christine: A Fair to Remember (#1.13)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

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A wonderful movie

Why do people hate this movie so much? It is a wonderful film , Cary Grant is so handsome and sexy,in my opinion -the sexiest man to ever have walked this earth.. and Deborah Carr is terrific as the love interest. The shipboard fun and the kiss on the stairs , i know if Cary had kissed me i would have gone crazy. The beautiful scenes in France and the shipboard romance were terrific. I do admit that the musical numbers involving the children were very unnecessary and somewhat annoying adding too much extra time to the film but they needed to show her life after the accident I guess. A shame that Deborah Kerr did not sing ,her voice was dubbed in this movie as well as in the King and I by Marnie Nixon but she was the leading lady and they needed a singing voice for her . That last scene where Cary sees the painting and the truth hits him , he is so overwhelmed with emotion that he wants to almost cry. I love that scene , I could watch it over and over again . go watch with your favorite sweetheart and a good cuddly sofa. 4 out of 4