Love Affair (1939) | Directed by Leo McCarey - Full Movie

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship.

Love Affair is a 1939 American romantic film, co-starring Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne, and featuring Maria Ouspenskaya. It was directed by Leo McCarey and written by Delmer Daves and Donald Ogden Stewart, based on a story by McCarey and Mildred Cram. Controversial on concept, the official screenplay was re-tooled and rewritten to appease Hollywood censorship and relied on actor input and improvization, causing long delays and budget extensions.

The movie became a surprise hit of 1939, showing McCarey's versatility after a long career of comedic films, and launching the surprising team-up of Dunne and Boyer. Academy Award nominations include Best Actress for Dunne, Best Supporting Actress for Ouspenskaya, Best Original Song, Best Writing (Original), and Best Picture. Its popularity was later dwarfed by McCarey's 1957 remake An Affair to Remember, which spawned its own remakes with 1994's Love Affair and a few Bollywood adaptations.

Directed by: Leo McCarey
Screenplay by: Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart
Story by Leo McCarey, Mildred Cram
Produced by: Leo McCarey
Starring: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya
Cinematography: Rudolph Maté
Edited by: Edward Dmytryk, George Hively
Music by: Roy Webb
Production company: RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures
Release date: April 7, 1939
Running time: 87 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $860,000
Box office: $1.8 million