In the reservoir of top romantic movies for
Valentines Day, 'an affair to remember' occupies a supreme position. The
credit for its wonderful direction goes to Leo McCarey. The star cast of
this superb movie includes Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning,
Neva Patterson and Cathleen Nesbitt.
The movie revolves around Nickie Ferrante (Cary Grant), a well-known
playboy. While being on the ocean liner, he happens to meet Terry McKay
(Deborah Kerr). It was at that time that he was going to meet his fiancée.
But, despite that, they fall in love with each other. Before going
apart, they mutually decide that if after 6 months also their feelings
are the same for each other, they will meet at the top of the Empire
State Building.
When their rendezvous day came, both were on top of the world and were
heading for meeting their beloved. But, destiny had decided something
else. Kerr met with an accident and she became crippled. She didn't want
to become a burden for Ferrante and so she decided not to contact him.
The story moves on and the two lovers remained separated till the fate
intervenes.