Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

1h 56m
Running Time

September 26, 1941
Release Date

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

1h 56m
Running Time

September 26, 1941
Release Date

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Paramount

Plot.

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

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Release Date
September 26, 1941

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 56m

Content Rating
NR

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This Movie Is About.

mexico
jealousy
immigration
border
gigolo
telephone
tobacco
love
teacher
american
green card
told in flashback

Wiki.

Hold Back the Dawn is a 1941 American romantic drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen, in which a Romanian gigolo marries an American woman in Mexico in order to gain entry to the United States, but winds up falling in love with her. It stars Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Curt Bois, Rosemary DeCamp, and an uncredited Veronica Lake.

The movie was adapted by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder from the 1940 novel by Ketti Frings.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Olivia de Havilland), Best Writing, Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture.

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