An Affair to Remember

Synopsis: 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.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director(s): Leo McCarey

Actors: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson

Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.


IMDB:: 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:: 62%

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Year:: 1957
: 115 min
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MAN:
(SINGING)
Our love affair
Is a wondrous thing
That we'll rejoice
In remembering
Our love was born
With our first embrace
And a page was torn
Out of time and space
Our love affair
May it always be
A flame to burn
Through eternity
So take my hand
With a fervent prayer
That we may live
And we may share
A love affair
To remember
And so, while the New
York Stock Exchange
showed signs
of restlessness,
there was little or no uneasiness
on the part of optimists.
Here's good news
for you bachelors.
Competition
for pretty girls
will definitely
be easier
now that Nickie Ferrante,
the big dame hunter,
is going out
of circulation.
Yes, it'll be wedding bells
for him at long last.
Mr. Ferrante is
sailing today from Europe
and Miss Lois Clark
will be waiting for him
at the gangplank
in New York.
Lois and her lovely 600
million bucks. What a deal!
Not only all that lettuce,
but a beautiful tomato, too.
Wow.
(MAN SPEAKING IN ITALIAN)
(CONTINUES IN ITALIAN)
(EXCLAIMING IN ITALIAN)
(BIG BEN CHIMING)
Mmm. Here's rather
a choice little tidbit,
Nickie Ferrante sails tonight
to enter into matrimony
with one of America's
industrial nobility.
Rock and gravel,
I believe.
It's a Miss Lois...
Clark.
Yes.
Well...
Well, there you have it.
Signor Ferrante?
No, no.
Signor Ferrante?
Is he on board?
Yes. Signor Ferrante!
Signor Ferrante.
Signor Ferrante.
Signor Ferrante?
Boy, here I am.
Are you
Signor Ferrante?
I have a telephone call
for you from Paris.
Mr. Ferrante, would you autograph
this... (WOMEN CLAMORING)
That's very kind, but I'm
wanted on the telephone.
Thank you.
Hello?
Yes, this is Ferrante.
Who's calling?
Oh, put her on.
You beast.
Hello, Gabriella.
(IN MOCKING TONE) "Hello,
Gabriella." Don't you talk to me.
"Don't talk..." then
why did you call me?
How could you speak of love
to me, say the things you did?
And you,
about to be married!
You remember
what you whispered
when I gave you
the cigarette case?
Well, of course, dear.
I said... I said...
Hello! Hello! Can you
hear me, Gabriella?
I believe
we're disconnected.
We are not
disconnected!
Operator! Operator!
Oh, this is a shame.
Operator!
Hypocrite!
I have in my hand a knife
and I wish it were
in your back.
(WINCES)
(GABRIELLA UTTERING
EPITHETS IN FRENCH)
Mmm.
Well! Mr. Ferrante. My
name's Hathaway, Ned Hathaway.
Really?
Welcome aboard.
I was wondering
if you'd care to join
my wife, my sister and me
in a game of bridge.
Oh, I'm sorry, Mr.
Hathaway, but I cheat.
It's an addiction.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
I beg your pardon. I think
you have my cigarette case.
I might as well confess.
I am a jewel thief.
I don't believe it.
I was returning it to the
purser. I found it in the... Ah.
Just a moment. How do I know it's yours?
(CLEARS THROAT) Well, there's an
inscription to me on the inside.
Oh.
"To Nicolo."
Oh.
Don't tell me
you're the famous...
Oh, I have read so much about
you in Life and Look and...
Possibly Good Housekeeping?
Now, may I have my case?
No, no.
Just a moment.
Hmm.
Whew!
This is frightfully
intimate.
I know just enough French
to be embarrassed.
Could you
refine it a little
and tell me in effect
what it says?
Well, in effect,
it says,
(CLEARS THROAT)
"In memory of three unforgettable
nights aboard La Gabriella,"
which is her yacht.
Oh.
I guess that's you,
all right.
(CHUCKLES)
Tell me, did you write the
song, "I'll Never Smile Again?"
(CHUCKLING) No.
But I'm thinking of writing one
called "Moon Over La Gabriella."
Do you think it will ever take
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