Charles Brackett Billy Wilder Richard Maibaum Manuel Reachi
Based on
Hold Back the Dawn 1940 novel by Ketti Frings
Produced by
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Starring
Charles Boyer Olivia de Havilland Paulette Goddard
Narrated by
Charles Boyer
Cinematography
Leo Tover
Edited by
Doane Harrison
Music by
Victor Young
Production company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date
September 26, 1941 (1941-09-26)
Running time
116 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
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.[1]
^"NY Times: Hold Back the Dawn". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
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