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Post by topbilled on Feb 11, 2023 2:26:00 GMT
Ocean voyage from jotix100 on the IMDb
"Love Affair," the fabulously romantic film of 1939, is the model on which two other remakes were fashioned, yet, this classic film stands out in our memory because of the great chemistry between Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.
Heartbreakingly moving and multi-layered from the red duchess on the IMDb
This is one of the most moving films from Hollywood's Golden Age. It is moving because of its beautifully simple plot. This plot is divided into three parts: the meeting and developing relationship of the central couple; the trip to Michel's grandmother; and the heartrending sequence of planned happiness, fate, despair, betrayal, hope.
A technical comment from gregcouture on the IMDb
I'd always been curious about this original version of the romantic 1957 hit, "An Affair to Remember" which was a bona fide box-office success, made so memorable by the classy pairing of Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. That CinemaScope remake in Color by DeLuxe, of this black-and-white original, was also co-written and directed by Leo McCarey, a man who wasn't afraid to regularly mix genuine sentiment with some fairly gloppy sentimentality in the same (admittedly tasty) cinematic dish.
I join those who prefer the original, thanks mostly to the restrained and very professional performances of a quite young-looking Charles Boyer and Miss Irene Dunne, who looks quite ravishing throughout.
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Post by topbilled on Feb 11, 2023 13:45:02 GMT
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Post by Andrea Doria on Feb 11, 2023 15:13:42 GMT
Oh I'm excited about this. I see this version's theme song is Plasir D'Amour, the song Montgomery Clift sings in "The Heiress." I hear it in the background in other movies, too. Perfect for the sad side of a romance.
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Post by Fading Fast on Feb 11, 2023 16:45:33 GMT
Oh I'm excited about this. I see this version's theme song is Plasir D'Amour, the song Montgomery Clift sings in "The Heiress." I hear it in the background in other movies, too. Perfect for the sad side of a romance. That's a beautiful version, thank you for posting it. It's funny, once you recognize a song like that, you'll notice, as you mentioned, that it is used in a lot of movies. The same for other songs like "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (is that the song's title?) as, while we associate it with "The Wizard of Oz," I've noticed it in the background of several movies over the years.
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Post by Fading Fast on Feb 12, 2023 19:58:08 GMT
Hi everyone.
I just finished setting up the Sunday Live "command center" here: two laptops, so I can watch on one, type on the other.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Feb 12, 2023 19:59:44 GMT
Ready. Wish I had two set-ups like that!
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Post by topbilled on Feb 12, 2023 20:01:10 GMT
Yay, it's time for LOVE AFFAIR.
I forgot that Lee Bowman was in this film.
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Post by Fading Fast on Feb 12, 2023 20:01:35 GMT
"Stone and sand you know" LOL
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Post by Andrea Doria on Feb 12, 2023 20:04:52 GMT
Cute how our first look at Irene Dunn has her face framed in the porthole.
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Post by topbilled on Feb 12, 2023 20:05:01 GMT
A great meet-cute...the way she intercepts his note..."remembering a warm beautiful night and a thunder storm over Lake Como..."
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Post by Fading Fast on Feb 12, 2023 20:06:51 GMT
"Have you been getting results with a line like that." Good for her. She's got his number.
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Post by topbilled on Feb 12, 2023 20:06:53 GMT
A month ending in R. What month is this supposed to be? September? October? November? December?
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Post by Fading Fast on Feb 12, 2023 20:08:00 GMT
Wow, they have great screen chemistry.
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Post by topbilled on Feb 12, 2023 20:10:24 GMT
Wow, they have great screen chemistry. The first of three films...the others are WHEN TOMORROW COMES (1939) and TOGETHER AGAIN (1944).
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Post by Fading Fast on Feb 12, 2023 20:12:08 GMT
He's 40 and she's 41 - nice to see a middle-aged couple in a romantic movie.
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