An Affair to Remember
(1957),
Director: Leo McCarey, rated Approved
On the
Riviera...across the ocean...and all over New York!
 Starring:
Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr (pronounced "Carr"), Richard Denning,
Neva Patterson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Robert Q. Lewis, Charles
Watts, Fortunio Bonanova, Jean Acker, Dorothy Adams
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★☆☆
- great "Winter
must be cold for those with no warm memories. We've
already missed the Spring." –
Terry McKay
Why watch this? Many
feel this is the greatest screen romance of all time.
Plot Summary:
When an international playboy, Nick Ferrante, boards an ocean
liner bound for NYC and his pending fiancée, he never expects to
meet someone who will change his life. She is Terry McKay, who
likewise is involved with someone else back in the states. Their
attraction is immediate, but they try to play it down. Still,
they manage to spend enough time together for the romance to
grow, a difficult task thanks to nosey passengers. Immediately
before they reach their destination, and their significant
others, they agree to meet in six weeks atop the Empire State
Building, but only if they still feel true love.
Dad's Preview: All I can say
is that this should be your go-to Valentine's Night movie. It's
sole focus is the sometimes bumpy relationship between two lost
souls who, quite unexpectedly, have found their "person".
Sure their tryst is magical, but what happens after the affair?
To have a future, truths have to be told and hearts will be
broken. Warning, you will need some tissues.

Jerry Wald
Productions; 20th Century Fox |