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Love affair / RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Leo McCarey production ; screen play by Delmer Daves and Donald Ogden Stewart ; story by Mildred Cram and Leo McCarey ; directed by Leo McCarey.

McCarey, Leo, (film director,, screenwriter,, film producer.). Daves, Delmer, 1904-1977 (screenwriter.). Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980 (screenwriter.). Cram, Mildred, 1889-1985 (screenwriter.). Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990 (actor.). Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978 (actor.). Ouspenskaya, Maria, 1876-1949 (actor.). Bowman, Lee, 1914-1979 (actor.). Maté, Rudolph, 1899-1964 (director of photography.). Dmytryk, Edward, (editor of moving image work.). Hively, George, (editor of moving image work.). Webb, Roy, 1888-1982 (composer (expression)). RKO Radio Pictures, (presemter,, production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman, Astrid Allwyn, Maurice Moscovich. (Cast).

Summary:
Golden-age Hollywood's humanist master Leo McCarey brings his graceful touch and relaxed naturalism to this sublime romance, one of cinema's most intoxicating tear-wringers. Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer are chic strangers who meet and fall in love aboard an ocean liner bound for New York. Though they are both involved with other people, they make a pact to reconnect six months later at the top of the Empire State Building, until the hand of fate throws their star-crossed affair tragically off course. Swooning passion and gentle comedy coexist in perfect harmony in this exquisitely tender film (nominated for six Oscars), a story so timeless that it has been remade by multiple filmmakers over the years, including McCarey himself, who updated it as the equally beloved An Affair to Remember.

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  • ISBN: 9781681439167
  • ISBN: 1681439166
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm).
  • Edition: DVD special edition.
  • Publisher: [New York, N. Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from sell sheet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special features: new interview with film critic Farran Smith Nehme about the movie's complicated production history; new interview with Serge Bromberg, founder of Lobster Films, about the restoration; two radio adaptations, featuring Irene Dunne, William Powell, and Charles Boyer; two shorts directed by Leo McCarey, both starring silent comedian Charley Chase: Looking for Sally (1925) and Mighty like a moose (1926).
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; editors, Edward Dmytryk, George Hively ; original music, Roy Webb.
Participant or Performer Note:
Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman, Astrid Allwyn, Maurice Moscovich.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Dolby monaural.
Subject: Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Ocean travel > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Fiction films.
Romance films.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library DVD LOVE (Text) 50686016140332 Main Floor Available -
Indian Valley Public Library DVD Love Classic (Text) 39427103527131 DVD Room: DVD Fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library DVD LOVE (Text) 34455006789412 Adult DVD Fiction Available -


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