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I love this movie so much

Very well executed

Fantastic!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Charles Boyer is really my favorite leading actor .His performance in the final scene was so touching and impressive.He tried to suppress his anger through smiling and joking but we still feel bitterness in the tone of his voice and deep grief in his eyes. Amazingly he could express his frustration without saying one word of abuse to his lover. I think that no other star in the history of world cinema can ever have such a genuine and subtle performance. when Boyer saw the painting of Terry and realised the whole truth ,his face could reveal the deep sense of shame and regret without uttering one word. In fact Charles Boyer's ability to perform the role of a sincere and dedicated lover is captivating and insuperable. In the remake An Affair To Remember,the effect was less intensive and Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne were really superior and more impressive and there is some differences between the original and the remake.Grant's reaction on seeing Terry's painting was not as deep and impressive as that of Boyer;Grant in the final scene seemed rather angry and investigating Terry in an agressive way and she was nearly humiliated.Boyer on the contrary was quite decent and gentle without hurting his lover's feelings.When Grant's grandmother refers to her hands saying she can't play on the piano,Grant only smiles while holding her hands.Boyer showed deep love and respect when he gently kissed her hands.

The quintessential shipboard romance from Hollywood's Golden Year, 1939, "Love Affair" is less seen, but arguably superior, to its better known remake, 1957's "An Affair to Remember." Although the classy stars of the longer, color remake, Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, are glamorous and excellent in their own right, the earlier film defines the 1930's Hollywood studio style of film-making and is embellished by sparkling performances from Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. The larger than life images of Dunne and Boyer glistened on the silver screen and nearly turned it platinum. The story of a French artist-playboy, Michel Marnet, and an American woman, Terry McKay, who meet on a Trans-Atlantic liner en route to New York, is familiar and predictable. Both are compromised to others, and, at voyage's end, they agree to meet six months later atop the Empire State Building and marry if their feelings are unchanged. Maria Ouspenskaya shines as Marnet's grandmother, who appears during a short episode when the ship docks in Madeira.Both Boyer and Dunne are superb, and Dunne displays a fine voice when she sings a couple of songs, including the Academy Award nominated "Wishing." Although both Dunne and Ouspenskaya received well-deserved Oscar nominations, Boyer warranted one as well; the subtle emotions that play across his face, when he slowly searches Dunne's apartment for a significant object and, spotting it, realizes what has occurred, is screen acting at its best. "Love Affair" received six Academy Award nominations in all, including Best Picture, but in the landmark year of 1939, the film was overshadowed by a plethora of other great movies. Beautifully directed by Leo McCarey; stylishly photographed by Rudolph Mate, whose glorious black and white images further glamorize the stars; well written by Delmer Daves and Charles Ogden Stewart; with music by Roy Webb; the classic romance is tightly edited and well paced. The screen magic only dims slightly when the two stars are apart, and the scenes with orphans are borderline cloying. However, the chemistry between Dunne and Boyer is what great screen romances are made of, and the sentimental ending, while offering no surprises, will leave most viewers happily misty eyed.

My observations: Scotty Beckett and Maria Ouspenskaya both in this movie. I had seen them in "Kings Row", again with Ouspenskaya as the grandmother but with Scotty as the grandson. I like them in both movies.I like Irene Dunne in "Show Boat" and "Love Affair". She was lovely, and wonderful singer.Charles Boyer; what can I say? He always appeared so cultured and debonair.Ouspenskaya was the first teacher of Stanislavki in this country. She taught Lee Strasberg. Her teacher was Konstantin Stanislavski himself.

This is a good movie, but compared to its remake -- "An Affair To Remember" -- it runs second. The difference? 18 years and Cary Grant.In terms of plot, both films are virtually the same. In fact, much of the dialog is the same. After all, it was the same director -- Leo McCarey. More often than not, I prefer the original over remakes, but in this case, I do feel "An Affair To Remember" is the better film. Cary Grant could clearly out Boyer Charles Boyer, but that's not to say that Boyer's performance here is not good. It is. And, although I really like Deborah Kerr and her "snappier" attitude in "An Affair To Remember", I think that Irene Dunne is better suited for the role, so in that sense, Dunne shines more brightly than Kerr. I could have also seen Claudette Colbert in the lead role.In terms of supporting cast, Cathleen Nesbitt in the remake was a better grandmother than Maria Ouspenskaya in the original, though the latter has certainly played a great many memorable roles in her career, and the former I was not familiar with at all until the remake. Ouspenskaya is very good here.Perhaps it may seem unfair to simply compare the two films, but after all, the director remade his original almost scene by scene, with close to the same dialog. How can one not make comparisons? Watching all three versions of this film is interesting, but the Grant-Kerr version is undoubtedly the classiest...and in color!Both this and the Grant-Kerr version are excellent films, but only the Grant-Kerr version is on my DVD shelf.