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A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship.A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship.A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship.
- Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 6 nominations total
Maurice Moscovitch
- Maurice Cobert
- (as Maurice Moscovich)
Mary Bayless
- Theate Patron
- (uncredited)
Scotty Beckett
- Boy on Ship
- (uncredited)
Ferike Boros
- Terry's Landlady
- (uncredited)
Mary Bovard
- Autograph Seeker
- (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
- Drunk with Christmas Tree
- (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
- Ship Passenger
- (uncredited)
George Ford
- Ship Passenger
- (uncredited)
J.C. Fowler
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
- Theatre Patron
- (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
- Cafe Manager
- (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Carol Hughes
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter this movie was released, restaurants were suddenly bombarded with requests for pink champagne.
- GoofsWhen Terry and Michel 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 closeup on Terry, she turns and faces the ocean, and the shadow of her head can be seen on the screen that displays the ocean.
- Quotes
Terry McKay: My father used to say, "It's a funny thing, but the things we like best are either illegal, immoral or fattening."
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are on pages of a book, through which a female hand is paging.
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "LOVE AFFAIR - UN GRANDE AMORE (1939) SE FOSSI LIBERO (1933)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Our Gang Story (1994)
- SoundtracksSing My Heart
(1939)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Ted Koehler
Performed by Irene Dunne (uncredited) at a nightclub
Featured review
This timeless classic movie and superior adaptation deals about the known story of a wealthy singles(Charles Boyer,Irenee Dunne) on an Ocean liner . They know themselves and falling spontaneously in love but they're both recently engaged. Boyer and Dunne promise their love on the Empire State Building where agree a meeting months later, to see if their love still holds . But the tragedy takes place and Boyer bounds for Island Madeira.
This magnificent tearjerker is a clever tale plenty of good feeling, love story and unforgettable scenes in which the spectators ever feel drawn into the protagonists lives . The perceptible script is brought to life by a perfectly cast ensemble, as the wonderful Irene Dunne, the attractive Charles Boyer and the veteran Maria Ouspenskaya in a small but touching role; plus interventions very secondaries by Gerald Mohr and Joan Leslie. The usual RKO's musician Roy Webb composes a lush romantic score makes it easy on the ears. Expert cameraman Rudolph Mate creates a superb camera work full of fine detail. The motion picture is stunningly directed by Leo McCarey who directed a good remake, though inferior version, titled ¨Love affair(1957)¨with Gary Grant, Deborah Kerr and Richard Denning . Another and lesser version about this weepie story in contemporary look are the following :¨Sleepless in Seattle(1993)¨ by Nora Ephron with Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan and ¨Love affair(1994)¨ by Glenn Gordon Caron with real life marriage , Warren Beatty and Anette Bening, and Katherine Hepburn.
This magnificent tearjerker is a clever tale plenty of good feeling, love story and unforgettable scenes in which the spectators ever feel drawn into the protagonists lives . The perceptible script is brought to life by a perfectly cast ensemble, as the wonderful Irene Dunne, the attractive Charles Boyer and the veteran Maria Ouspenskaya in a small but touching role; plus interventions very secondaries by Gerald Mohr and Joan Leslie. The usual RKO's musician Roy Webb composes a lush romantic score makes it easy on the ears. Expert cameraman Rudolph Mate creates a superb camera work full of fine detail. The motion picture is stunningly directed by Leo McCarey who directed a good remake, though inferior version, titled ¨Love affair(1957)¨with Gary Grant, Deborah Kerr and Richard Denning . Another and lesser version about this weepie story in contemporary look are the following :¨Sleepless in Seattle(1993)¨ by Nora Ephron with Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan and ¨Love affair(1994)¨ by Glenn Gordon Caron with real life marriage , Warren Beatty and Anette Bening, and Katherine Hepburn.
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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