Corrected entry: Towards the end of the film, Cary Grant walks into Deborah Kerr's apartment and, instead of greeting her by her character's name (Terry), he says, "Hello, Debbie."
An Affair to Remember (1957)
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Directed by: Leo McCarey
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson
Character mistake: When Cary Grant enters Deborah Kerr's apartment he greets her by saying, "Hello Debbie." Kerr is Terry.
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Suggested correction: He says "Hi, Terry", calling her by the right name.
Nickie Ferrante: I'll just take my ego for a walk.
Question: In the last scene a neighbor gets Terri settled on the couch and goes to leave. Why was there not a wheelchair or crutches available for Teri's use once the woman left?
Answer: As Terry is paralyzed, crutches would be useless. She would also be unable to get into a wheelchair by herself. The real reason is that this is a rather flimsy plot device. When Cary Grant arrives and sees Terrie on the couch, he is unaware of her condition. The whole point of the scene is that he is resentful and hurt because he mistakenly believed she rejected him six months earlier by not showing up at the Empire State Building. She hid her condition, not wanting his pity or for him to feel obligated to be with her. If a wheelchair was visible, he would have immediately known the truth, and that would have spoiled the way he finds out, his reaction to it, and the overly-sentimental ending.
Correction: When Cary Grant talks he sometimes use a hard "R" when speaking and in this instance, his lips don't come together in order to say Debbie.