A Very Vintage Christmas post #7
Today is December 15th, so we've got 10 days til Christmas!
Crazy!
An Affair to Remember
1957
Starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr
During a winter holiday on board a cruise ship heading from Europe to New York City, an unlikely pair meets and falls in love. Nickie Ferrante (Grant) is a very wealthy, playboy, socialite. Terry McKay (Kerr) is just your average, beautiful, well-educated woman. The only problem is that Nickie is in a very well publicized relationship, headed to the altar in a short period of time, and Terry is also in a relationship.
The two of them can't deny their attraction and feelings for one another, so just before the ship arrives in New York they make a deal. In six months' time, if they still want to be with each other and they can get themselves respectable careers, then they will meet at the top of the Empire State Building and get married.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and the two meditate on their feelings each day that they are apart. Nickie decides to actually do something with his life and becomes an artist. At the end of six months the two are both excited and anxious to meet one another just as they planned. Nickie arrives at the top of the Empire State Building first, so he waits. Terry is just a few blocks away, within sight of the building. In her excitement, she is looking up as she is running across the street and she gets hit by a car. She survives, but she is taken away for special treatment. Nickie is shown waiting at the top of the building, not knowing what is happening as sirens are heard from down below.
Some time later it is shown that Terry, now a teacher, is confined to a wheelchair. It is also revealed that she never contacted Nickie to tell him what happened because she didn't want him to see her as an invalid. At the beginning of the Christmas holidays later that year, Nickie and Terry both happen to attend the same ballet. Terry is still in her theater seat when he sees her, so he still has no knowledge of her condition. Bitter, believing she just stood him up that summer, he simply nods and says, "Hello," as he passes.
On Christmas Eve, Terry is at home by herself in her apartment when she gets a visitor. Nickie looked up her address and came to confront her about why she stood him up that day. He tries to bring up the subject, but she dodges all his questions, not wishing to talk about it. eventually he puts all of the clues together, and sees her wheelchair in her room, finally realizing that she never intended to leave him there. Completely apologetic, the two of them embrace and the movie ends on the positive note that as long as Nickie can paint and they can work on it together, then Terry can learn to walk again.
There are certainly sad parts to this movie, but it is also very heartwarming. There is a lot of wit and humor, and of course it is a romance with a happy ending.
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Hope you enjoy this classic Christmas film.
Come back tomorrow for another post on a fun Christmas tradition.
And in the meantime, have A Very Vintage Christmas!
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