Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMitchell Leisen
Written byCharles Brackett
Billy Wilder
Richard Maibaum
Manuel Reachi
Based onHold Back the Dawn
1940 novel
by Ketti Frings
Produced byArthur Hornblow Jr.
StarringCharles Boyer
Olivia de Havilland
Paulette Goddard
Narrated byCharles Boyer
CinematographyLeo Tover
Edited byDoane Harrison
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 26, 1941 (1941-09-26)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

  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.