Ok,
Team Pineapple Express is proud to select in the category of Black and White, the hopefully still available (I only quickly glanced at the draft board)
Love Affair. It stars Irene Dunn and Charles Boyer. It was released in 1939 and has been remade three times since (An Affair to Remember in 1957, Love Affair in 1994 and Mann in 1999). I prefered this version to the others. The Warren Beaty/Annette Benning version was just not up to par at all.
Anyways, even if you haven't seen it, I am sure you are familiar with the premise: A man and a woman meet on a cruiseship and fall in love, even though they are each involved with someone else. They decide to reunite atop the Empire State Building in six months to see if they are truly in love and meant to marry.
A couple Youtube clips I scrounged up:
This is a clip of the two meeting up with the grandmother of Michael (Boyer). They chat, play piano and sing. This is where the two realize they are in love. This is also where the grandmother promises to send her shawl to Terry (Dunn) when she has passed away. (Spoiler in white)
It is what eventually brings them back together./spoiler.
This is a clip of them deciding to meet in six months, as well as the ship reaching NY and the two of them reuniting with their "other" loves.
Terry McKay: The things we like best are either illegal, immoral or fattening.
Anyways, I saw this version as part of a film class and I really liked it. Perfect choice for my black and white selection.
Go out and buy it boys and girls! It's a classic! The remakes never quite did it justice.