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An Affair to Remember (1957), Director: Leo McCarey, rated Approved

On the Riviera...across the ocean...and all over New York!

Film ClipStarring: 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

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