Editing An Affair to Remember (section)

==Production==
The film was a remake of McCarey's 1939 film ''[[Love Affair (1939 film)|Love Affair]]'', starring [[Irene Dunne]] as Terry and [[Charles Boyer]] as the Gallic playboy Michel Marnet. Plans for a ''Love Affair'' remake were first reported in 1952, which had [[Fernando Lamas]] and [[Arlene Dahl]] attached to the project.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hyams |first1=Joe |title=Entertainment in the News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/683846458/ |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=1952-11-05 |page=14}}</ref>

Cary Grant first worked with McCarey on ''[[The Awful Truth]]'' and did not like McCarey's [[improvisation]]al strategy, but after eventually warming to it, he wished that he had starred in ''Love Affair'', and he often visited the set during production.<ref name="set">{{cite book |last1=Gehring |first1=Wes D. |title=Leo McCarey: From Marx to McCarthy |date=2005 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0810852632 |location=Lanham, Md. |page=221}}</ref> He enjoyed the film when it was released and convinced McCarey years later to remake it starring Grant in Boyer's role.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gehring |first1=Wes D. |title=Irene Dunne: First Lady of Hollywood |date=2003 |isbn=978-0810858640 |pages=100–103|publisher=Scarecrow Press }}</ref> McCarey later commented: "[[Hollywood films]] all seem to be trying to find a trick way of saying 'I love you.' What are they trying to prove? Love is the oldest and noblest emotion."<ref>{{cite news |title=Comeback |work=New York Times |date=May 9, 1957}}</ref> ''An Affair to Remember'' was almost identical to the original on a scene-to-scene basis.<ref name="set"/><ref name="Jaynes-Trach">{{Cite web |last1=Jaynes |first1=Barbara Grant |last2=Trachtenberg |first2=Robert |date=2004 |title=Cary Grant: A Class Apart |url=http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=76185 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213200804/http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=76185 |archive-date=December 13, 2007 |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |publication-place=Burbank, California |quote=Grant believed that Love Affair was superior.}}</ref> McCarey used the same screenplay as was employed for the original film, written by [[Delmer Daves]] and [[Donald Ogden Stewart]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vermilye |first1=Jerry |title=Cary Grant |date=1973 |publisher=Galahad Books |location=New York |isbn=9780883652916 |page=123 |quote=The script, on which McCarey and Delmer Daves made some revisions...}}</ref> but Stewart was not included in the credits because he had been [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisted]]. Filming took place between February and April 1957.<ref name="grump"/>

Grant was reportedly grumpy during filming because his [[hypnotherapy]] with his wife caused him to dislike smoking.<ref name="grump">{{cite book |last1=Eastman |first1=John |url=https://archive.org/details/retakesbehindsce0000east/page/2 |title=Retakes: Behind the Scenes of 500 Classic Movies |date=1989 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=9780345353993 |edition=1st |location=New York |pages=3–4}}</ref> He also underwent an operation during production to treat a lump on his forehead that resulted from a childhood injury.<ref name="grump"/>

The theme song "[[An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)]]," composed by [[Harry Warren]] and with lyrics by [[Leo McCarey]] and [[Harold Adamson]], was sung by [[Vic Damone]] over the opening credits and by [[Marni Nixon]] (who [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] Kerr)<ref name="grump"/> during the film.