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7 months ago 21st Nov 10:17
Deborah Kerr was one of the greatest talents to ever grace the silver screen, back when stars really were stars, enjoying a career that spanned forty six years.
Appearing in some of cinemas most iconic movies, including From Here to Eternity and The King and I her career saw her receive six Best Actress Academy Awards but never won. So here at FemaleFirst we look back over her impressive career to uncover her best on screen performances.
In this legendary tearjerker, the world's most eligible bachelor (Cary Grant) is set to marry an heiress. But unfortunately for his bride-to-be, while he's travelling alone on a luxury liner he meets Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr) and realizes he's engaged to the wrong woman--and she's engaged to the wrong man.
They finally agree to spend six months apart; if they still love each other at the end of that time, they will reunite at the top of the Empire State Building. But the path of true love does not always run smooth, and tragedy threatens to tear the couple apart.
On the day of their rendezvous, Terry is struck by a car and crippled. Nickie waits all the day long, even in the rain. Not wanting to burden him, Terry doesn't contact him, leading him to believe she has changed her mind about their love. The couple remains separated until fate again intervenes.
It may seem a dated story today as two people fall so deeply in love yet wait for six months before they do anything about it but it’s the sentimentality factor and the intervening of fate that makes this such a much loved movie.
Despite being remade, in a way, with Sleepless in Seattle An Affair to Remember still remains one of cinema’s classic love stories.
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by ruth - 16:25:01 21st Nov 2008
Big fan of Deborah Kerr the King and I is one of my all time favourite movies.