Affairs of the Heart — 12 Classic Love Stories

Collector’s Edition DVD Collection

Step into the passion, heartbreak, sacrifice, and unforgettable romance of classic Hollywood with Affairs of the Heart — 12 Classic Love Stories.

This special collection brings together 12 serious romantic dramas from Hollywood’s golden age. These are not lightweight romantic comedies. They are emotional stories about falling in love, troubled marriages, separation, sacrifice, obsession, forbidden relationships, regret, and the enduring hope of finding love again.

Featuring some of classic cinema’s most celebrated performers, Affairs of the Heart is perfect for viewers who enjoy sophisticated vintage romance and dramatic love stories from the 1930s through the 1950s.

12 CLASSIC LOVE STORIES

1. Love Affair (1939)

Starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer

Two strangers meet aboard an ocean liner and unexpectedly fall deeply in love. Although both are involved with other people, they agree to separate and meet again six months later if their feelings remain unchanged. Fate, however, has other plans in this moving story of devotion, separation, and second chances.

2. Penny Serenade (1941)

Starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne

A married woman prepares to leave her husband while listening to records that bring back memories of their life together. Each song recalls another chapter of their marriage—their courtship, hardships, dreams of a family, devastating loss, and the love that has kept them together.

3. A Star Is Born (1937)

Starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March

A young woman arrives in Hollywood determined to become a star and finds both success and love with an established actor. As her career rises, his begins to collapse, creating an emotionally powerful story of marriage, fame, alcoholism, sacrifice, and unconditional love.

4. A Farewell to Arms (1932)

Starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes

Against the dangerous background of World War I, an American ambulance driver falls in love with a British nurse. Their romance becomes a desperate struggle to remain together while war, duty, and tragedy threaten to separate them forever.

5. Algiers (1938)

Starring Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr

A notorious jewel thief hides within the mysterious Casbah of Algiers, where authorities cannot easily reach him. His carefully protected existence begins to unravel when he meets a beautiful visitor from Paris who awakens memories of the life—and love—he left behind.

6. The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson

In postwar Paris, an American writer remembers the beautiful woman he loved and the marriage they built together. Success, jealousy, disappointment, and emotional distance gradually threaten their happiness in this bittersweet story of love, loss, and regret.

7. Of Human Bondage (1934)

Starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis

A sensitive medical student becomes consumed by his love for a cruel and manipulative woman who repeatedly rejects and humiliates him. His inability to escape the relationship leads him through years of emotional pain in one of classic cinema’s darkest examinations of obsessive love.

8. The Animal Kingdom (1932)

Starring Leslie Howard, Ann Harding and Myrna Loy

A successful publisher finds himself caught between the sophisticated woman he marries and the former lover who understands him more deeply than anyone else. This mature romantic drama explores marriage, companionship, social expectations, and the difference between comfort and genuine emotional connection.

9. Romance (1930)

Starring Greta Garbo

A celebrated opera singer becomes involved in a passionate relationship that society considers unacceptable. Told through memories of an earlier love affair, this elegant drama explores desire, reputation, sacrifice, and the choices people make when love conflicts with convention.

10. The Divorcee (1930)

Starring Norma Shearer and Chester Morris

After discovering that her husband has been unfaithful, a wife challenges the double standards of marriage by demanding the same freedom traditionally allowed to men. Their relationship deteriorates as jealousy and resentment take hold in this bold pre-Code drama of betrayal, independence, and reconciliation.

11. A Lady to Love (1930)

Starring Vilma Bánky and Edward G. Robinson

A lonely California vineyard owner longs for a wife and sends away for a bride, but deception and romantic complications soon threaten his hopes for happiness. Beneath the misunderstandings lies a touching story about loneliness and the desire to be genuinely loved.

12. The Trespasser (1929)

Starring Gloria Swanson

A young woman marries a wealthy man against his family’s wishes, only to see their relationship destroyed by social pressure and disapproval. Years later, love, motherhood, sacrifice, and painful choices bring their lives together again in this deeply emotional romantic melodrama.

A COLLECTION OF LOVE IN ALL ITS FORMS

Across these 12 films you will discover stories of:

• Passionate romance
• Marriage and devotion
• Forbidden relationships
• Heartbreak and separation
• Second chances
• Sacrifice for someone you love
• Jealousy and betrayal
• Wartime romance
• Obsessive love
• Love challenged by wealth and social class
• Regret and reconciliation
• The enduring search for happiness

From glamorous ocean liners and wartime Europe to Hollywood, Paris, the Casbah, and elegant pre-Code society, Affairs of the Heart captures romance at its most dramatic and emotionally powerful.

COLLECTOR’S EDITION

This collection is presented as a professionally manufactured Collector’s Edition DVD set featuring custom-designed artwork inspired by the elegance and glamour of classic Hollywood romance.

A wonderful addition to a classic movie library and a thoughtful gift for fans of vintage cinema, romantic drama, and Golden Age Hollywood.

INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION

12 Classic Feature Films on DVD

Love Affair (1939)
Penny Serenade (1941)
A Star Is Born (1937)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Algiers (1938)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Of Human Bondage (1934)
The Animal Kingdom (1932)
Romance (1930)
The Divorcee (1930)
A Lady to Love (1930)
The Trespasser (1929)

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PUBLIC DOMAIN STATEMENT

Public Domain Statement: All films included in this collection have been thoroughly researched and verified as public domain under applicable United States copyright law.