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An Affair to Remember

1957 ★ 119 min
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning
Director: Leo McCarey
Writer: Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart, Leo McCarey
Producer: Leo McCarey, Jerry Wald

An Affair to Remember is a 1957 American romance film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Filmed in CinemaScope, it was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is considered among the most romantic films ever according to the American Film Institute. The film was a remake of McCarey's 1939 film Love Affair, starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.

Trivia

  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Academy Award for Best Costume Design; Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment.
  • The film was a remake of McCarey's 1939 film Love Affair, starring Irene Dunne as Terry and Charles Boyer as the Gallic playboy Michel Marnet.
  • Plans for a Love Affair remake were first reported in 1952, which had Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl attached to the project.
  • Cary Grant first worked with McCarey on The Awful Truth and did not like McCarey's improvisational strategy, but after eventually warming to it, he wished that he had starred in Love Affair, and he often visited the set during production.

Previous Showings

14 Runs • 7 Festivals

28,079 tickets sold

Original Billings: 1 run (August 2, 1957)

Original Run: August 2, 1957 (Friday - Thursday)

All runs on record (14):

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