RSSMcKay the Backstabber
Dec 18
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Last night, we watched An Affair to Remember. I slept through 60% of it but the parts I saw made me recognize that Deborah Kerr’s character could be No. 2 on my list of the biggest movie bitches who were portrayed as virtuous. Mary Poppins in No. 1. (Don’t even tell me she doesn’t manipulate Mr. Banks into taking his kids to the bank and then “suggest” to them that they donate their toppins to the bird lady knowing nothing good would come of it -- all because he dressed her down for a tea party on the ceiling…I’m just saying.)
Terry McKay (Kerr) ditches a fine looking boyfriend who clearly wants to marry her and happens to be excessively wealthy for a sketchy playboy played by Cary Grant who apparently never had to earn an honest dime in his entire life (his current girlfriend is a rich heiress). Granted, Grant is a hunk. But he’s also manipulative and full of shit (and in 1957, pushing 53).
As the story goes, not only is McKay dishonest with him, she saddles her otherwise fine looking boyfriend (played by Richard Denning *hunk* -- and ten years younger than Grant at the time of filming) with the responsibilities of her convalescence (long story short -- car accident) even though she doesn’t love him and couldn’t afford the care without his money. So she encourages his unrequited love while she recovers with the hope that she can eventually make up with Grant’s character. And of course, she’s perfectly honest with her bf that she’s using him, just to twist the dagger deeper into his back.
In other news, Kerr in this movie is exquisite looking. It’s like she’s made of porcelain.
