Classic Film Friday: An Affair to Remember

This classic hails all the way from 1957, and is a love story between Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. The premise is that two people are on a cruise, fall in love, but both have made promises to other people... They vow to meet each other in six months, thinking that if they can make it that long, to sort out their life and ditch the people they've made promises to, they can then get married to each other.

This movie had some lull points in it, but I think over all it's still a good one. My wife found herself wanting to scream at the TV a few times.




*SPOILER ALERT*



You see near the end of the movie, when everything is going fine and they are about to meet each other, right in front of the Empire State Building Deborah Kerr's character is hit by a car and made crippled. She doesn't want Nickie (Cary Grant) to find out which causes all kinds of problems. Eventually it all works out, they find each other and all is revealed. They kiss and live happily ever after. This may just be the grandma of all chic flicks, but I could be wrong. It certainly is mentioned in modern movies including Sleepless in Seattle. The movie comes with a 30 minute history of the film found in the extras.