Alternate Character Interpretation: Michel's fascination with Terry implies she's Not Like Other Girls because she doesn't swoon at his feet when she figures out who he is. Because the movie hints Terry had a similar past and is now happily engaged, does Michel think he's met his match, or hopes to find a way out from his womanizing habits?
This was one of Irene Dunne's five Best Actress Oscar nominations, but, as she pointed out decades later, Love Affair was nominated against Gone with the Wind so she wouldn't have stood a chance.
Charles Boyer wasn't nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, yet Michel would eventually become one of his most well-known characters.
Ensemble Dark Horse: Mike's grandmother Ginny. It helped she was played by Katharine Hepburn, who was not only going to retire from acting after this role, but hadn't been in a movie outside of made-for-TV ones in about a decade. Some reviews argued it was worth watching to see Hepburn in her element again.
argued Grant shouldn't have chosen an Angst? What Angst? take because it was unfit for a bittersweet Chick Flick and made Nicky look self-centered.