
An Affair to Remember(1957)
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?


“They Part as Strangers... to meet again as lovers...! Two people who were true to themselves...and who loved each other...at the expense of those who loved them!”
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.

Irene Dunne
Terry McKay

Charles Boyer
Michel Marnet

Maria Ouspenskaya
Grandmother

Lee Bowman
Kenneth Bradley

Astrid Allwyn
Lois Clarke

Maurice Moscovitch
Maurice Cobert
Mary Bayless
Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Scotty Beckett
Boy on Ship (uncredited)

Ferike Boros
Terry's Landlady (uncredited)

Mary Bovard
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Love Affair is a drama, romance film released in 1939 exploring themes of new york city, orphanage, madeira, artist, ocean liner, champagne. Directed by Leo McCarey, it stars Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya. 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.
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