Affectionately Yours is so sweet and charming, it makes you either long for the good old days or wish Hollywood could produce romantic comedies similar to it nowadays. Since modern flicks just don't have that feeling anymore, I prefer to stay in the realm of black-and-white movies.
The opening scene shows a crowd of drunken patrons at a nightclub in Lisbon. Newspaper correspondents Dennis Morgan, Rita Hayworth, Jerome Cowan, and George Tobias all live it up while they wait for their next assignment. Dennis and Rita have a romance going on, and he utters his infamous, "I'd marry you in a split-second if I didn't already have a wife," which he's handed to any number of women all around the world. Moments later, he receives a telegram informing him that his wife has finally had enough and has divorced him in Reno. The philanderer makes up a lie to Rita and hops the next plane back to New York to win back his wife.
Merle Oberon and Dennis are really cute together (but he's also cute with Rita, too) as they have the on-again, off-again chemistry that keeps them connected. She wants nothing more than to be rid of him, but whenever she hears he's injured or in a bad way, she drops everything and runs to his side-never mind her current fiancé, Ralph Bellamy. Ralph is understandably frustrated, as is James Gleason, Dennis's boss who doesn't want him to prioritize his wife over his work. Who will win out? Merle and the temptation of home cooking every night, or wild international assignments with Rita and a promotion from James? This is a very adorable romance that has the distinct feeling of the 1930s, that pure escapism that makes you forget about your problems. Also, for old movie trivia buffs: Affectionately Yours was release the same year as Rita's The Strawberry Blonde, which was remade in 1948 starring Dennis Morgan!
The opening scene shows a crowd of drunken patrons at a nightclub in Lisbon. Newspaper correspondents Dennis Morgan, Rita Hayworth, Jerome Cowan, and George Tobias all live it up while they wait for their next assignment. Dennis and Rita have a romance going on, and he utters his infamous, "I'd marry you in a split-second if I didn't already have a wife," which he's handed to any number of women all around the world. Moments later, he receives a telegram informing him that his wife has finally had enough and has divorced him in Reno. The philanderer makes up a lie to Rita and hops the next plane back to New York to win back his wife.
Merle Oberon and Dennis are really cute together (but he's also cute with Rita, too) as they have the on-again, off-again chemistry that keeps them connected. She wants nothing more than to be rid of him, but whenever she hears he's injured or in a bad way, she drops everything and runs to his side-never mind her current fiancé, Ralph Bellamy. Ralph is understandably frustrated, as is James Gleason, Dennis's boss who doesn't want him to prioritize his wife over his work. Who will win out? Merle and the temptation of home cooking every night, or wild international assignments with Rita and a promotion from James? This is a very adorable romance that has the distinct feeling of the 1930s, that pure escapism that makes you forget about your problems. Also, for old movie trivia buffs: Affectionately Yours was release the same year as Rita's The Strawberry Blonde, which was remade in 1948 starring Dennis Morgan!