Susan's mom's mystery movie is ONE WAY PASSAGE (1932), directed by Tay
Garnett for Warner Bros. The leads are Kay Francis and William Powell. The
film won an Oscar for Robert Lord's original story, and was remade in 1940
with Merle Oberon and George Brent as 'TIL WE MEET AGAIN. Both versions
are shown every once in a while on Turner Classic Movies.
 
Your mom is not alone; ONE WAY PASSAGE is one of my favorites, too.
 
David Pierce
 
 
 
On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Susan E. Webster wrote:
 
> Hi,
>
> My mom is getting up there in age (70) and she gives me these
> glimpses of films for which she wants the names and actors, but
> there is not much to go on.  Here goes:  It's a film made in
> the 30's or 40's she believes, where two people meet on a
> cruise liner and start a love affair.  The man from the love
> affair is a convicted criminal on his way to death row.  The
> woman has a terminal illness and will die within the next year.
> After their brief affair, the promise to meet on New Year's Eve
> of the next year.  Well, they both die within that year, but
> at the end of the movie two champagne glasses clink on New Year's
> Eve where these two were supposed to be sitting.   The plot
> (or what my mom rembered of it) rings a very distant bell for
> me, hopefully if you've seen the movie or recognize the plot
> it'll send off a gong.
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Susan
>
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