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Love Affair
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Love Affair is a 1939 American black-and-white drama and romance film produced and directed by Leo McCarey. The screenplay was written by Delmer Daves, Leo McCarey, Donald Ogden Stewart, and Mildred Cram. The cast includes Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Maria Ouspenskaya, and Lee Bowman. Roy Webb composed the music, while Rudolph Maté served as director of photography. Edward Dmytryk edited the film, which has a runtime of 88 minutes.
The narrative is set in New York City and on a ship, with keywords including an orphanage, Madeira, an artist, and an ocean liner. It was produced by RKO Pictures and RKO Radio Pictures. The film was distributed by RKO Pictures and Netflix, with additional availability through video on demand providers such as fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, and MGM Plus.
Love Affair was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress, and Best Story. It holds a rating of 7.3 on IMDb and a vote average of 6.98 on TMDb. The film was released in the United States on April 7, 1939.
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7.0A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
Cast
- Irene Dunne as Terry McKay
- Charles Boyer as Michel Marnet
- Maria Ouspenskaya as Grandmother
- Lee Bowman as Kenneth Bradley
- Astrid Allwyn as Lois Clarke
- Maurice Moscovitch as Maurice Cobert
Themes
- new york city
- orphanage
- madeira
- artist
- ocean liner
- champagne
- playboy
- love
- singer
- chapel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Leo McCarey
- Screenwriter
- Mildred Cram
- Cast member
- Tom Dugan
- Composer
- Roy Webb
- Producer
- Leo McCarey
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Rudolph Maté
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 461411
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Irene Dunne-Charles Boyer in Love Affair.jpg
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- Commons category
- Love Affair (film)
- publication date
- 1939-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Production Design
- film editor
- Edward Dmytryk
- title
- Love Affair
- production designer
- Van Nest Polglase
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Howard Greer
- set in environment
- ship
- review score
- 92%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- copyright status
- public domain
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