Dunne & Boyer: First & Best "Love Affair" 1939

Here's the best free copy of 1939's "Love Affair," on YouTube...

Ooh thanks! I just watched "In a Lonely Place" and wanted another old, good one.

Alas, I’ve yet to see this one. Hopefully, that will change at some point.

I hope it’s miles better than “An Affair to Remember.” No disrespect to Deborah Kerr, but that long 5-10 minute scene of the children singing made me want to hide under the furniture by how cringey it was.

Yeah, I do a quick comparison in my review of this original and the various remakes... It's 30 minutes shorter than the drawn out '57 version. And no Sleeping Beatty like the '94 version.

"how cringey"

Oh, dear r3

One of my absolute favorite films. Not a fan of the remake (An Affair to Remember) but this brings such a lightness to the melodrama. And it was the favorite of both lead actors and the director (who also made the remake.)

Reply 6, yes, a lighter touch mixed with the melodrama, great way of putting it. Also, Maria Ouspenskaya is wonderful as the grandmother.

"I do not like boat whistles..."

All 3 versions (Dunne/Boyer), (Kerr/Grant) and (Bening/Beatty) give an opportunity to see three actors handle the same scene. The big "reveal" at the end.

All 3 women were fine in the ending scene(s).

Boyer and Grant made different acting choices, but both were able to convey the emotions their character was feeling in reaction to the secret that the woman has been keeping.

But Beatty is just plain awful in this scene. Awful. Awful. Awful. There is no "there" there.

The lights may be on but he's not at home. Unable to convey what was needed in this scene. And comparing him to Boyer's and Grant's take on that scene had me yelling at the screen.

Cringe.

What was revealed at the end of the B&B version is what a shit job Beatty did.

Oh, and Katharine Hepburn should have passed. She is completely wrong for the part she plays.

Like Lucy Ricardo, I think Boyer was dreamy. Those eyes! I watch everything he did. Sadly, his sad last days were really sad. Thanks OP for posting him!

Charles Boyer was able to convey so much with those dark, dreamy eyes!

Sorry, but as much as I love Deborah Kerr, she plays into the melodrama at the end. Irene plays against it, laughing on the final line. As to the thrid version, the less said the better.