An Affair to Remember (1957)

Release date: 1957-07-25
Country: USA
Language: English|French|Italian
Director: Leo McCarey
Production Co: Jerry Wald Productions
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: 7.5/10
Length: 1h 55min

Storyline

Nickie Ferrante's return to New York to marry a rich heiress is well publicized as are his many antics and affairs. He meets a nightclub singer Terry McKay who is also on her way home to her longtime boyfriend. She sees him as just another playboy and he sees her as stand-offish but over several days they soon find they've fallen in love. Nickie has never really worked in his life so they agree that they will meet again in six months time atop the Empire State building. This will give them time to deal with their current relationships and for Nickie to see if he can actually earn a living. He returns to painting and is reasonably successful. On the agreed date, Nickie is waiting patiently for Terry who is racing to join him. Fate intervenes however resulting in misunderstanding and heartbreak and only fate can save their relationship.

Plot Keywords

new york city, holiday, christmas, new year's eve, boat, disability, teacher, inner city, wheelchair, memory, grandmother, artist, art, painter, nightclub, singer, accident, new york, france, ocean liner

Short Review

McCarey plays the shipboard courtship for generous and tender laughs-the wryly staged first kiss is one of the sweetest in all cinema-but the comedy that follows on dry land is mostly inadvertent.