Leo McCarey (1898–1969)
Author of An Affair to Remember [1957 film]
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Series
Works by Leo McCarey
The Cary Grant Box Set (Holiday / Only Angels Have Wings / The Talk of the Town / His Girl Friday / The Awful Truth) (2006) — Director — 29 copies
20th Century Fox Studio Classics Collection: Volume 2 (An Affair to Remember / Leave Her to Heaven / A Letter to Three… (2010) — Director — 14 copies
Here Comes Cookie / Love in Bloom / Six of a Kind (Triple Feature Video) (2003) — Director — 6 copies
The Milky Way [1936 film] 6 copies
The Awful Truth / Born Yesterday / His Girl Friday (Triple Feature Video) — Director — 6 copies
Cary Grant Studio Stars Collection: An Affair to Remember / Kiss Them for Me / People Will Talk / Born to be Bad — Director — 3 copies
Double Feature: An Affair to Remember / Ever After — Director — 3 copies
Cary Grant: The Gentleman's Collection (7 DVD Set) [An Affair to Remember, The Bishop's Wife, Born to be Bad, I was a… — Director — 2 copies
Cary Grant 7-Movie Collection — Director — 2 copies
The Marx Brothers Collection: Animal Crackers / Horse Feathers / Duck Soup — Director — 2 copies
Sopa de ganso 2 copies
We Faw Down [1928 film] — Director — 2 copies
Six of a Kind [1934 film] — Director — 1 copy
Diva 20 Movie Pack — Director — 1 copy
Max Davidson Comedies [DVD] 1 copy
Bing Crosby Collection - Going My Way/The Bells of St Marys [Import anglais] — Director — 1 copy
White Christmas / It's a Wonderful Life / The Bell's of St Mary's — Director — 1 copy
The law and outlaw, Great Train Robbery, Young Oldfield — Director — 1 copy
Liberty [1929 film] — Director — 1 copy
The Classics: 5 Movies — Director — 1 copy
Hollywood's Leading Men (5 Video Collection) — Director — 1 copy
Leading Men Collection, Vol 1: An Affair to Remember / Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / Call of the Wild / The… (2013) — Director — 1 copy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy: III — Director — 1 copy
20th Century Fox Studio Classics Collection: Volume 15 (Move Over, Darling / O. Henry's Full House / On the Riviera /… (2010) 1 copy
Habeas Corpus [1928 film] 1 copy
An affair to remember 1 copy
Place aux jeunes [film] 1 copy
Slapstick Symposium 1 copy
Associated Works
The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection: The Cocoanuts / Animal Crackers / Monkey Business / Horse Feathers / Duck… (1929) — Director — 108 copies
The Marx Brothers Collection (A Night at the Opera / A Day at the Races/ A Night In Casablanca / Room Service / At the… (2004) — Director — 49 copies
Marx Brothers Box Set: Love Happy, A Girl in Every Port, The Cocoanuts, Room Service, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business,… — Director — 7 copies
The Marx Brothers Collection: Animal Crackers / Monkey Business / Duck Soup / Horse Feathers — Director — 6 copies
The 4 Marx Brothers at Paramount 1929-1933 (Animal Crackers / The Cocoanuts / Duck Soup / Horse Feathers / Monkey… — Director — 4 copies
The Marx Brothers Collection: The Cocoanuts / Animal Crackers / Monkey Business / Duck Soup / Horse Feathers — Director — 2 copies
Duck Soup / Monkey Business — Director — 1 copy
Monkey Business / Duck Soup / A Day at the Races — Director — 1 copy
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- Legal name
- McCarey, Thomas Leo
- Birthdate
- 1898-10-03
- Date of death
- 1969-07-05
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Place of death
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Occupations
- film director
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Statistics
- Works
- 54
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 966
- Popularity
- #26,651
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 18
- ISBNs
- 55
- Languages
- 2
Terry McKay (Dunne) and Michel Marnet (Boyer) are on an ocean cruise aboard the S.S. Napoli, both contemplating their impending marriages; she to a decent fellow who is more a friend than anything, and he to a very wealthy industrial heiress who doesn't excite him much but can afford his playboy lifestyle. They meet by chance — or fate — and soon must avoid prying eyes when a charming romance begins taking shape. His engagement, in fact, has been touted profusely in all the society papers.
Dunne is a witty hoot as the very American girl from New York and Boyer gives a very charming performance as Michel Marnet, a man squandering his talents by living in the moment. Terry gets a glimpse of what Michael might be when she meets his charming elderly grandmother in a beautiful rose-covered villa in Porto Santo, Madeira. The chapel there moves her deeply and she connects with his grandmother, who fears there will soon be a price to pay for her grandson's way of life.
The couple promise to meet in six months on top of the Empire State building at 5:00 to see if Michel can earn a living through his painting and be worthy to ask her hand in marriage. If you’ve seen the remake, which nearly everyone has, you know one of them doesn’t show up, but only due to tragic circumstances. An unexpected sighting, and a chain of events involving a painting will lead Michael to the truth, and perhaps a second chance at romantic heaven.
A love story of rare beauty, the original version of this film is a neglected treasure in American cinema. The lovely Irene Dunne gets to sing “Spring in My Heart” in this film, and the Oscar nominated “Wishing” is sung by her group of orphans. A nice score by the always reliable — and very underrated — Roy Webb enhances the mood of another RKO classic. A truly memorable romance with great charm.… (more)