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Love Affair

1939 · 88 min · Director: Leo McCarey ★ IMDb 7.3 · 7,389 ratings

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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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Love Affair (1939) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 35%, Melancholy 25%, Anticipation 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Love
25%Melancholy
20%Anticipation
  1. Love35%
  2. Melancholy25%
  3. Anticipation20%
  4. Sadness15%
  5. Hope5%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Melancholy, Anticipation. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Melancholy and Anticipation. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Love
  • Hope
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Love
Hope
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 68 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveHopeSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor45 %12 %3 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor51 %23 %8 %1 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor56 %32 %10 %3 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor56 %37 %11 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Love51 %41 %14 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Love48 %41 %21 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Hope53 %45 %30 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Love63 %56 %38 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Love69 %63 %53 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Hope68 %55 %61 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Hope63 %37 %55 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Humor66 %29 %43 %32 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Tension79 %38 %27 %56 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Sadness80 %44 %29 %64 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Hope71 %44 %42 %51 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Sadness66 %45 %45 %50 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Hope64 %44 %44 %46 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Love65 %48 %39 %43 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Love75 %63 %41 %52 %
97.5 %≈ 86′Love87 %78 %58 %63 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

ID
Irene Dunne

Charles Boyer

MO
Maria Ouspenskaya

LB
Lee Bowman

AA
Astrid Allwyn

AA
Astrid Allwyn

Lois Clarke

MM
Maurice Moscovitch

MB
Mary Bayless

MB
Mary Bayless

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

SB
Scotty Beckett

SB
Scotty Beckett

Boy on Ship (uncredited)

FB
Ferike Boros

FB
Ferike Boros

Terry's Landlady (uncredited)

MB
Mary Bovard

TD
Tom Dugan

Drunk with Christmas Tree (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

GF
George Ford

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

JF
J.C. Fowler

Doctor (uncredited)

JG
Joe Gilbert

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

DH
Dell Henderson

Cafe Manager (uncredited)

LH
Leyland Hodgson

Doctor (uncredited)

CH
Carol Hughes

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

LI
Lloyd Ingraham

Doctor (uncredited)

PK
Phyllis Kennedy

Terry's Maid Annie (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Leo McCarey
Written by
Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey, Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart
Type
Movies
Released
1939
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 7,389 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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