Love Affair

Watch: Love Affair

4/7/19391h 28m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

Director:

Leo McCarey

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

new york city
orphanage
madeira
artist
ocean liner
champagne
playboy
love
singer
chapel
grandmother
empire state building
ocean voyage
shipboard romance
shawl

Cast

Irene Dunne

~ as ~

Terry McKay

Charles Boyer

~ as ~

Michel Marnet

Maria Ouspenskaya

~ as ~

Grandmother

Lee Bowman

~ as ~

Kenneth Bradley

Astrid Allwyn

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Lois Clarke

Maurice Moscovitch

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Maurice Cobert

Mary Bayless

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Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Scotty Beckett

~ as ~

Boy on Ship (uncredited)

Ferike Boros

~ as ~

Terry's Landlady (uncredited)

Mary Bovard

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Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
A classy feature from Leo McCarey, this one. Charles Boyer is a playboy crossing the Atlantic on a luxury liner; he meets and falls in love with Irene Dunne, a talented chanteuse heading to New York. They agree to meet six months later once he has become less of a rake and is able to support them both. On that fateful day, she arrives at the Empire State Building only to be involved in a paralysing car accident of which he - already at the top of the tower - is and remains unaware. It's a gentle, well acted melodrama with a simple, engaging plot and two charismatic leads. The writing is a touch on the sentimental side at times, but it's still a lovely film to watch 80 years after it was made.