Love Affair
“They Part as Strangers... to meet again as lovers...! Two people who were true to themselves...and who loved each other...at the expense of those who loved them!”
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
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Cast
31 people
Irene Dunne
Terry McKay
Known for
The Awful Truth
Penny Serenade
Charles Boyer
Michel Marnet
Known for
Gaslight
The Earrings of Madame de...
Maria Ouspenskaya
Grandmother
Known for
The Wolf Man
Waterloo Bridge
Lee Bowman
Kenneth Bradley
Known for
House by the River
Cover Girl
Astrid Allwyn
Lois Clarke
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Follow the Fleet
Maurice Moscovitch
Maurice Cobert
Known for
The Great Dictator
Make Way for Tomorrow
Mary Bayless
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Also in
The Heiress
The Strange Door
Scotty Beckett
Boy on Ship (uncredited)
Known for
My Favorite Wife
Battleground
Ferike Boros
Terry's Landlady (uncredited)
Known for
Bachelor Mother
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Mary Bovard
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Also in
Women in Hiding
Delinquent Daughters
Tom Dugan
Drunk with Christmas Tree (uncredited)
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Ghost Breakers
Bess Flowers
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Known for
Monkey Business
The Bigamist
Leo McCarey Director · Donald Ogden Stewart Screenplay Delmer Daves Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.8M · Budget $860K · United States release April 7, 1939
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Budget
$860,000
Worldwide gross
$1,800,000
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · March 16, 1939
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · April 7, 1939
Theatrical
United States · April 15, 2022
Physical · Blu-ray & DVD
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