Editing Love Affair (1939 film) (section)

== Controversy ==
The initial screenplay was rejected by the [[Production Code Administration]], accusing the story of endorsing [[adultery]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vieira |first1=Mark A. |title=Majestic Hollywood: The Greatest Films of 1939 |date=2013 |publisher=Running Press |location=Philadelphia |isbn=978-0762451562 |pages=50–53}}</ref> Another related argument believed Terry had not been punished for her kept behavior, while Michel had been given redemption, so this led to Terry's paralysis.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schultz |first1=Margie |title=Irene Dunne: A Bio-bibliography |date=1991 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-313-27399-5 |page=93 |quote=Since it was implied that Irene's character had been a kept woman before meeting Boyer, she had to pay for her sin, hence the accident, before finding happiness.}}</ref> "You [[Dissolve (filmmaking)|dissolved]] to her in a hospital with her realizing that God hadn't wanted her to meet [Michel] until she was sorry for what she had done before," explained Donald Ogden Stewart.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McGilligan |first1=Pat |title=Backstory: Interviews with screenwriters of Hollywood's golden age |date=1986 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |isbn=978-0520056893}}</ref>

Initially a period piece set in the [[1850s]] about the tragic romance of a French [[ambassador]],{{r|mistress|france}} the final draft of the script was complete and filming was announced to begin September 15,<ref>{{cite news |title=''Love Match'' Work to Start |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70326409/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=15 September 1938 |pages=17}}</ref> but it was later pushed back a month.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actress Gets New Part |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70332922/ |work=Daily News |date=29 September 1938 |pages=12}}</ref> Due to concerns of a potential war in Europe, the French embassy wanted stronger allyship with the United States and had concerns about a movie about a French diplomat and an American woman having an affair.<ref name="france">{{cite book |last1=Jewell |first1=Richard B. |title=RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan is Born |date=2012 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |isbn=978-0520271791 |pages=174–175}}</ref><ref name="mistress"/> McCarey and Daves reworked the story as a modern tale,<ref name="mistress"/> with Terry's characterization now based on a woman Daves met on a cruise who was rumored to be returning to the United States after hiding in Europe for being caught as the [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]] of a small-town government official.<ref name=mistress>{{cite book |last1=Lasky |first1=Betty |title=RKO: The Biggest Little Major of Them All |date=1984 |publisher=Prentice-Hall |location=[[Englewood Cliffs, N.J.]] |isbn=9780137814510 |page=155}}</ref>