Love Affair

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

Cast

Irene Dunne

as Terry McKay

Charles Boyer

as Michel Marnet

Maria Ouspenskaya

as Grandmother

Lee Bowman

as Kenneth Bradley

Astrid Allwyn

as Lois Clarke

Maurice Moscovitch

as Maurice Cobert

Mary Bayless

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Scotty Beckett

as Boy on Ship (uncredited)

Ferike Boros

as Terry's Landlady (uncredited)

Mary Bovard

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

A classy feature from Leo McCarey, this one. Charles Boyer is a playboy crossing the Atlantic on a luxury liner; he meets and falls in love with Irene Dunne, a talented chanteuse heading to New York. They agree to meet six months later once he has become less of a rake and is able to support them bo...

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