at the end when he realizes Terry is the girl his art dealer gave the portrait too and that she had been disabled was heartbreaking. To see the knowledge come into his face about why she had been unable to make their Empire State date really brought the impact home to me.
The movie on the whole was a sweet, romantic thing but the climax with love conquering all made it memorable for me.
That is a phenomenal moment which Boyer performs perfectly. I love this movie. IMHO much better than An Affair to Remember.
shareI agree Boyer and Dunne were great together. I wish Together Again and When Tomorrow Comes, two other movies they did together, wasn't in such need of restoration. We need to request these movies on TCM on amazon etc. that is what get's the interest in restoration by those that can rendor this service. Of course Love Affair is also badly in need of restoration and enhancement!
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by - omari322 on Wed Apr 2 2008 00:57:59
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at the end when he realizes Terry is the girl his art dealer gave the portrait too and that she had been disabled was heartbreaking.
He knew how to convey that emotion so perfectly!
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The director Mitchell Leisen says that as the camera comes in close the need to project is decreased until, when a face fills the screen, an actor need only 'think' to project thought by facial muscle reactions.
shareThere was a famous experiment done in the early days of cinema, where an actor was filmed not projecting anything. The clip was then intercut with shots that might cause different emotions. When it was projected the audience marveled at the subtlety of the actor's performance which, of course, wasn't there at all. As Hitchcock said, the essence of cinema is montage and editing.
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Vraiment.
shareWhen I saw Cary Grant's reaction in the remake I thought he looked as if he was trying to copy Boyer's reaction in that scene. It seemed as if he had watched the scene over and over and could not equal Boyer's perfect portrayal.
shareCary probably had seen it many times. It was he who instigated the remake as An Affair to Remember. He liked the screenplay so much that he wanted to do it himself. Leo McCarey was brought in and became one of the few directors to remake one of his own movies. It worked very well, but it's not as good as the original.
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Wow, I didn't know that. As I was watching Love Affair I was struck by how similar the two actors were, at least in terms of mannerisms. But I agree that Boyer gave the superior performance.
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Charles Boyer was an excellent actor. I liked the pace of An Affair to Remember a little more than this film which is also good. More a matter of the difference in years from 1939 to the 1950s.
shareI agree. An affair to remember had better production value but the 39 version was better in terms of actors and chemiestry.
This was the first film I saw Charles Boyer in ... he certainly was something else. A really great actor, that's for sure.
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I just saw this version for the first time (the end credits are still rolling) and was running to this board to say exactly with the OP had said!
I've seen the Cary Grant version at least 10 times and never teared up at the end. Boyer made me feel his emotions to the point that I was teary-eyed, had a lump in my throat and chills. I knew the storyline by heart, but he made it a new movie for me. I really wish I had seen this version first.
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Exactly what you said...me too!
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I read your post before I saw that scene, and it packs a wallop. It brought tears to my eye as the realization of what he thought was blown away by the truth.
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