Love Affair (1939)

3.8 of 5 from 48 ratings

1h 28min

Not released

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French painter Michel Marnet (Charles Boyer) meets American singer Terry McKay (Irene Dunne) aboard a liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean. They are both already engaged, he to heiress Lois Clarke (Astrid Allwyn), she to Kenneth Bradley (Lee Bowman). Nonetheless, they fall in love. At a stop at Madeira, they visit Michel's grandmother Janou (Maria Ouspenskaya), who approves of Terry. The couple make an appointment to meet six months later on top of the Empire State Building. However, tragedy strikes; Terry is struck by a car on her way to the rendezvous and is told that she may be crippled, though that will not be known for certain for several months.
Not wanting to be a burden to Michel, she does not contact him, preferring to let him think the worst. They meet by accident at the theatre, though Terry manages to conceal her condition. Michel then visits her at her apartment and finally learns the truth.
Actors:: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman, Astrid Allwyn, Maurice Moscovitch, Scotty Beckett, Ferike Boros, Mary Bovard, Tom Dugan, Bess Flowers, Dell Henderson, Leyland Hodgson, Carol Hughes, Lloyd Ingraham, Phyllis Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Fred Malatesta, Frank McGlynn Sr., Harold Miller
Directors:: Leo McCarey
Writers:: Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart
Others:: Maria Ouspenskaya, Mildred Cram, Al Herman, Van Nest Polglase, Buddy de Sylva
Genres:: Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance