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Love Affair

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Love Affair (1939)

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Reviews Counted: 7

Fresh: 6

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 8.1/10

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The magic of a shipboard romance charms a Frenchman and American woman (Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne, respectively) into each other's arms, but promises made to other people and the notoriously fleeting nature of affairs convince the... The magic of a shipboard romance charms a Frenchman and American woman (Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne, respectively) into each other's arms, but promises made to other people and the notoriously fleeting nature of affairs convince the couple to part ways for six months and meet again atop the Empire State Building to see if their love is a lasting one. Although their hearts remain true, an accident and a misunderstanding might lead to heartbreak. LOVE AFFAIR was written, directed, and produced by Leo McCarey as his first major foray into drama after a successful directorial career in comedies, including projects with the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy. McCarey remade LOVE AFFAIR almost 20 years later as the better-known AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as the star-crossed couple. Film buffs continue to debate which film is the better, though viewers of either will be swept up by the timeless romance captured so effortlessly--twice!--by McCarey and his delightfully well-matched actors. [More]

Starring: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman

Starring: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman, Astrid Allwyn, Maurice Moscovich, Carol Hughes

Director: Leo McCarey

Director: Leo McCarey
Screenwriter: Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart
Story: Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey
Producer: Leo McCarey
Screenwriter: Donald Stewart
Composer: Roy Webb

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Aug 11, 1998

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Kicks into a tearjerker drama in the third act.

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...the characters' climactic meeting is strangely underwhelming...

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01/26/07
David Nusair
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Daniel M. Kimmel
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Outstanding first version of An Affair to Remember. Superior on all counts.

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Ken Hanke
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