The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 80% of the 354 1930s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic91/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
132 audience votes
Key crew
- Leo McCareyDirector
- Delmer DavesScreenplay
- Donald Ogden StewartScreenplay
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Irene DunneTerry McKay
- Charles BoyerMichel Marnet
- Maria OuspenskayaGrandmother
- Lee BowmanKenneth Bradley
- Astrid AllwynLois Clarke
- Maurice MoscovitchMaurice Cobert
- Mary BaylessTheatre Patron (uncredited)
- Scotty BeckettBoy on Ship (uncredited)
- Ferike BorosTerry's Landlady (uncredited)
- Mary BovardAutograph Seeker (uncredited)
- Tom DuganDrunk with Christmas Tree (uncredited)
- Bess FlowersShip Passenger (uncredited)
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Themes
new york cityorphanagemadeiraartistocean linerchampagneplayboylovesingerchapelgrandmotherempire state building