Deborah Kerr, dies at 86, a fine actress and classy lady

Thu Oct 18, 11:24 AM ET Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr star in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'The King and I,' winner of five Academy Awards. Twentieth Century Fox. Kerr, who shared one of cinema's most famous kisses with Burt Lancaster in 'From Here to Eternity,' has died in Suffolk, eastern England. "An Affair to Remember" shows British actors Deborah Kerr opposite Cary Grant. The beautiful Debra Kerr, with her lovely voice and accent I remember most.

I think her best film was "Heaven Knows Mr. Allison". A Novitiate nun Deborah Kerr and Marine corporal Robert Mitchum are drawn to one another as they hide together from enemy forces in a cave on a Japanese-held Pacific island in director John Huston's exciting and touching WWII drama.

The story is a memorable study in the character of two people who are brought together by fate and bond together in a order to survive. The Japanese unexpectedly leave the island that there on, and in both celebration and frustration, Allison gets drunk on some sake left behind. He voices his frustration that he loves Sister Angela and that he considers her devotion to her vows to be pointless, since they are stuck on the island "like Adam and Eve." She runs out into a tropical rain and subsequently fbecomes quite ill. Corporal Allison, now sober and contrite, finds her shivering with chills. He carries her back but sees that the Japanese are returning in much greater force, and is forced to hide them in the cave again.

Allison sneaks into the Japanese camp to get some blankets for her to stay warm from her shivers. He kills a soldier who discovers him in the act, but that alerts the enemy to his presence. In an effort to force him out into the open, the Japanese set fire to the vegetation. The fires is a beacon to the guns of the US Navy. Suddenly the American Naval forces shell the island. See the movie for the ending, and needless to sayI write about this movie because its about the loss of comaradey that today no longer exists in our society.

The movie is a timeless classic and runs to 106 min. Widescreen is a must to appreciate the visual aspects of the film.