Love Affair

The various remakes of Love Affair studied this 1939 original closely and learned the right lessons. The acting must be of a high order but more than that the leads must have chemistry. The story itself is relatively unimportant. It’s a case of two people meeting, falling in love before they know it and then fate and human frailty throwing impediments to happiness in their way. Standard stuff, really. The remakes are 1957’s An Affair to Remember, which pitted Cary Grant against Deborah Kerr. 1994’s Love Affair, with Annette Bening and Warren Beatty. And, a remake of sorts, Sleepless in Seattle, which starred Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and was in dialogue with … Read more