Love Affair (1939)
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86% of critics liked it
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Leo McCarey's classic tale of romance stars Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer as two strangers who fall in love on an ocean voyage. Charles Boyer is Michel Marnet, engaged to be married to Lois Clarke (Astrid Allwyn). Irene Dunne is Terry McKay, also engaged to be married, in this case to Kenneth… More Leo McCarey's classic tale of romance stars Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer as two strangers who fall in love on an ocean voyage. Charles Boyer is Michel Marnet, engaged to be married to Lois Clarke (Astrid Allwyn). Irene Dunne is Terry McKay, also engaged to be married, in this case to Kenneth Bradley (Lee Bowman). But when Michel and Terry meet aboard a ship, they fall instantly in love. In order to prove to themselves their love affair is not just a shipboard romance, they agree to meet six months hence on the top of the Empire State Building. If they still feel the same way about each other, they will bid adieu to their fiancees and start their affair anew. Six months later, they are still thinking about each other and proceed to their meeting at the Empire State Building. Michel awaits Terry's arrival, but Terry, on the way to their meeting, is involved in a terrible car accident, leaving her a cripple. Later, by a twist of fate, they are reunited and Michel vows to stay with Terry to help her walk again. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Leo McCarey
- Written By
- Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart, Donald Stewart
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Mar 16, 1939 Wide
- Studio
- Madacy Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Meticulously directed by McCarey and splendidly acted by Boyer and Irene Dunne, this is the first and best screen version of the romantic drama that McCarey himself remade in 1957 and Warren Beatty in 1994.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Kicks into a tearjerker drama in the third act.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...the characters' climactic meeting is strangely underwhelming...
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Outstanding first version of An Affair to Remember. Superior on all counts.
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Cast
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Irene Dunne
as Terry McKay
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Charles Boyer
as Michel Marnet
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Maria Ouspenskaya
as Grandmother Janou
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Lee Bowman
as Ken Bradley
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Astrid Allwyn
as Lois Clarke
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Maurice Moscovich
as Maurice Cobert
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Scotty Beckett
as Boy on Ship
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Ferike Boros
as Boarding House Keeper
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Bill Lee Brown
as Kenneth Bradley
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Bess Flowers
as Couple on Deck
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Dell Henderson
as Cafe Manager
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Leyland Hodgson
as Doctor
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Phyllis Kennedy
as Maid
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Joan Leslie
as Autograph Seeker
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Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Orphanage Superintendent "Picklepuss"
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Harold Miller
as Couple on Deck
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Gerald Mohr
as Extra
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Oscar O'Shea
as Priest
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Carolyn Hughes
as Nightclub Patron
- Lloyd Ingraham
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Tom Dugan
as Drunk with Christmas Tree
