SummaryStopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
Directed By:Mitchell Leisen
Written By:Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Ketti Frings, Richard Maibaum, Manuel Reachi
Hold Back the Dawn
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A touching and memorable film, this brilliant romance offers evocative performances by Boyer and de Havilland.
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[Wilder] delivered one of the finest critiques of a pre-war, isolationist U.S. committed to “America First.”
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Smoothly orchestrated entertainment. [30 Apr 2000, p.10]
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While Hold Back the Dawn is basically another European refugee yarn, scenarists Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder exercised some ingenuity and imagination and Ketty Frings' original emerges as fine celluloidia.
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This romantic weepie is both moving and effectively stylish.
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An amazingly poignant picture, rich in humor, heart and subtle ironies.
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Mitchell Leisen's polished direction serves this 1941 melodrama written by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett.
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Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
Release Date:Sep 26, 1941
Duration:1 h 56 m
Rating:TV-PG
Tagline:Three great stars in the story of love...coldly conceived from a man's need, and a woman's desire! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Midway Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - June 14, 1944)
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 6 Nominations
Photoplay Awards
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Nomination
