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Rating: 7 stars

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Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Directed by Mitchell Leisen

Drama | Romance

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve

Overview

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.

Rated NR | Length 116 minutes

Actors

Charles Boyer | Olivia de Havilland | Paulette Goddard | Victor Francen | Walter Abel | Curt Bois | Rosemary DeCamp | Eric Feldary | Nestor Paiva | Eva Puig | Micheline Cheirel | Madeleine Lebeau | Billy Lee | Mikhail Rasumny | Charles Arnt | Arthur Loft | Mitchell Leisen | Norman Ainsley | George Anderson | Gertrude Astor | Leon Belasco | Karin Booth | Bobby Callahan | Alden 'Stephen' Chase | Russ Clark | Chester Clute | Frank Dae | Gordon De Main | Brian Donlevy | James Flavin | Donald Douglas | Jimmie Dundee | William D. Faralla | Martin Faust | Edward Fielding | Antonio Filauri | John Hamilton | Mitchell Ingraham | Soledad Jiménez | Kitty Kelly | Veronica Lake | Harold Landon | Mala | Francisco Marán | Buddie Messinger | Ella Neal | Mrs. Wilfrid North | Jean Phillips | Henry Roquemore | Tony Roux | Harry Shannon | Jesús Topete | Carlos Villarías | Richard Webb | June Wilkins | Sonny Boy Williams

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Swell film with a sweet romance. Charles Boyer and Olivia de Havilland are the center of this and despite a rather unbelievable setup (Boyer and de Havilland marry the day after meeting each other) the film makes it work. Olivia is quite the site for sore eyes; one simply cannot take their eyes off of her she’s so delightfully pretty as the humdrum teacher. Glad I chose to view this considering my other options for the evening.

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