Back to the Golden Years: An Affair to Remember - Portrait Magazine, November 2008 Issue

Back to the Golden Years:An Affair to Remember
Written By Patricia Ruiz (Age 16, From Puerto Rico)
Proofread by Terran (Age 17, USA)

Discover the greatest films of yesteryear in this brand new Portrait column. Each month Patricia will introduce you to a different film from Hollywood's Golden Years. They may be old but they're still some of the best films ever made.


Movie of the Month:
An Affair to Remember:



The movie poster

An Affair to Remember is a 1957 classic film, remade from Love Affair, a 1939 film. The film is considered one of the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute. The film is a brilliant piece directed and produced by brilliant, master-mind Leo McCarey. He used the same screenplay used on Love Affair, although the scenes were done to an almost better perfection by Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr rather than Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.

Nickie Ferrante is a famous playboy and an aspiring painter that is due to be married until he meets Terry McKay, who is also engaged in another relationship, aboard the SS Constitution. They fall in love the minute they meet, even though they had prior engagements. They agreed that they would meet in the Empire State Building in six months time to see if they felt the same way.


Unfortunately, the day of their romantic rendezvous Terry suffers from a terrible car accident. Nickie waits for Terry all day, then at night decides to leave thinking that Terry has forgotten all about him. Terry refuses to see Nickie the way she was--crippled and incapacitated. Nickie then runs into her and all sorts of trouble begins as this amazing love affair happens!


Deborak Kerr in a scene from the film



Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr

Starring:

Cary Grant as Nickie Ferrante: Archibald Alec Leach, better known as Cary Grant, was named the Greatest Male Star, after Humphrey Bogart, by the American Film Institute. He had worked with very famous classic actresses such as Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe.

Deborah Kerr as Terry McKay: Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer was a well-known Scottish actress. She was nominated six times for an academy award, but still never won. She is recognized as Perfection, Discipline and Elegance. Other films by her include Contraband, The Chalk Garden and Casino Royale.


Interesting Facts:



A promo still from the film

-1- There has been many remakes including a Bollywood version called Mann. Also, Sleepless in Seattle, Love Affair, etc
-2- An Affair to Remember (our Love Affair) was composed by Harry Warren and written by director Leo McCarey and Harold Adamson.
-3- Although Love Affair won many awards. The remake did not win as many as the first one, and throughout all the remakes this one is considered the best and most romantic of all.

Where can I find this film?

Easy! You just have to visit your local Barnes and Noble, Circuit City or Best Buy to buy it—it’s really cheap! If you don’t want to buy it, go to your local Blockbuster.