Love Affair
1939 · Movie · NR · 88 min · ★ 7.0 · 91% critics
Two people meet on an ocean voyage and fall for each other despite complicated lives back home. They agree to go their separate ways and reunite months later at a famous New York landmark, trusting that time and circumstance won’t change what they feel.
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Details
- Years
- 1939
- Release date
- 1939-04-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (127 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic, bittersweet romance with sparkling banter and a big emotional payoff, especially if you like An Affair to Remember; Not for you if you dislike old-fashioned melodrama or heavy sentimentality.
Pros: charming shipboard romance; witty, warm dialogue; heartfelt emotional pull | Cons: very sentimental at times; tonal shift to melodrama; later stretch feels slower
Themes
- new york city
- orphanage
- madeira
- artist
- ocean liner
- champagne
- playboy
- love
- singer
- chapel
- grandmother
- empire state building
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1940 · nominated
Cast & crew
Irene Dunne
as Terry McKay
Charles Boyer
as Michel Marnet
Maria Ouspenskaya
as Grandmother
Lee Bowman
as Kenneth Bradley
Astrid Allwyn
as Lois Clarke
Maurice Moscovitch
as Maurice Cobert
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Mary Bayless
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Scotty Beckett
as Boy on Ship (uncredited)
Ferike Boros
as Terry's Landlady (uncredited)
Mary Bovard
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Directed by Leo McCarey