An Affair To Remember
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An Affair to Remember is a movie in the genre of romance that was released in 1957. The film starred Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. An Affair to Remember, was based on Love Affair, a 1939 film and on a scene by scene basis it is identical.
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Film credits
The film was directed by Leo McCarey who remade it from his original film Love Affair. The 1939 film Love Affair starred Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. Leo McCarey produced An Affair to Remember with Jerry Wald. McCarey wrote An Affair to Remember with Mildred Cram
Plot
Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr are taking a trip on an ocean liner and fall in love. The problem is they are both involved with other people. They decide to when the trip is over to take some time to make sure they really are in love. So, they promise to reunite at the top of the Empire State Building in six months to see if they really are in love with each other. Unfortunately, Kerr character is hit by a car on the day of their meeting. Grant character is unaware of Kerr character’s accident and assumes that she does not love him. Kerr character refuses to contact Grant character for fear that he would feel obligated to her.
Music
The movie Affair to Remember had a theme song called Affair to Remember Our love Affair. The theme was written by Harry Warren. The lyrics were written by Leo McCarey and Harold Adamson. Vic Damone sings the song in the opening of the movie, while Marni Nixon voice is what movie goers heard when Kerr’s character sung the song later on in the film.
Remakes
To other films were based on Affair to Remember:
- Sleepless in Seattle, was a 1993 film which starred Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Clips from Affair to Remember are actually shown throughout Sleepless in Seattle.
- Love Affair was a 1994 film written b Warren Beatty who also starred in the Grant role. Annette Benning, Betty’s wife, was his love interest. There was also a brief performance by Katherine Hepburn in the movie.