Top billed cast

1. 

   Irene Dunne

   Terry McKay

2. 

   Charles Boyer

   Michel Marnet

3. 

   Maria Ouspenskaya

   Grandmother

4. 

   Lee Bowman

   Kenneth Bradley

5. 

   Astrid Allwyn

   Lois Clarke

6. 

   Maurice Moscovitch

   Maurice Cobert

7. 

   Mary Bayless

   Theatre Patron (uncredited)

8. 

   Scotty Beckett

   Boy on Ship (uncredited)

9. 

   Ferike Boros

   Terry's Landlady (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-22

A classy feature from Leo McCarey, this one. Charles Boyer is a playboy crossing the Atlantic on a luxury liner; he meets and falls in love with Irene Dunne, a talented chanteuse heading to New York. They agree to meet six months later once he has become less of a rake and is able to support them both. On that fateful day, she arrives at the Empire State Building only to be involved in a paralysing car accident of which he - already at the top of the tower - is and remains unaware. It's a gentle, well acted melodrama with a simple, engaging plot and two charismatic leads. The writing is a touc...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• new york city
• orphanage
• madeira
• artist
• ocean liner
• champagne
• playboy
• love
• singer
• chapel
• grandmother
• empire state building
• ocean voyage
• shipboard romance
• shawl