Leo McCarey remade his own superlative 1939 melodrama, Love Affair, from a screenplay by him and Delmer Daves, based on a Mildred Cram story.
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Grade: B (*** out of *****)
The film stars Cary Grant in the Charles Boyer’s part, and Deborah Kerr taking over the Irene Dunn’s one.
The secondary cast consists of Richard Denning, and Cathleen Nesbitt.
Inferior Remake
The remake is inferior to the original in several respects, including the leads; acting. Grant as a playboy and Kerr as a singer project more maturity and reserve, but also less charm and spontaneity than the original lovers, Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne.
Credits:
Directed, produced by Leo McCarey
Screenplay by Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart, McCarey,
Story by McCarey, Mildred Cram
Produced by McCarey, Jerry Wald
Cinematography Milton Krasner
Edited by James B. Clark
Music by Hugo Friedhofer
Color process DeLuxe Color
Production company: Jerry Wald Productions
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: July 19, 1957
Running time: 115 minutes
Budget $2.1 million
Box office $3.85 million (US/Canada rentals)