Hold Back the Dawn

E101039
film romantic drama film

Hold Back the Dawn is a 1941 romantic drama film about a European gigolo who schemes to marry an American schoolteacher to gain U.S. citizenship, co-written by Billy Wilder.

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Hold Back the Dawn canonical 10

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
basedOn Memoir by Ketti Frings ⓘ
character Anita Dixon ⓘ
Emmy Brown ⓘ
Georges Iscovescu ⓘ
cinematographyBy Leo Tover ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mitchell Leisen ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editedBy Doane Harrison ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
romance film ⓘ
leadActor Charles Boyer ⓘ
leadActress Olivia de Havilland ⓘ
mainCharacter Faye Emerson ⓘ
surface form: Emmy Brown

Georges Iscovescu ⓘ
musicBy Victor Young ⓘ
narrativeDevice story told in flashback ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarNominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction–Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
plotSummary A European gigolo stranded in Mexico schemes to marry an American schoolteacher to gain entry into the United States. ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
productionEra Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
productionType black-and-white film ⓘ
releaseDate 1941-09-26 ⓘ
releaseYear 1941 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 116 ⓘ
screenwriter Billy Wilder ⓘ
Charles Brackett ⓘ
settingLocation Mexico ⓘ
U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
surface form: United States–Mexico border
starring Charles Boyer ⓘ
Mitchell Leisen ⓘ
Olivia de Havilland ⓘ
Paulette Goddard ⓘ
Rosemary DeCamp ⓘ
Victor Francen ⓘ
Walter Abel ⓘ

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Billy Wilder → wroteScreenplayFor → Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ
Paulette Goddard → starredIn → Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ
Mitchell Leisen → notableWork → Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ
Olivia de Havilland → notableWork → Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ
Marion Levy → notableWork → Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ
subject surface form: Paulette Goddard
Charles Boyer → notableWork → Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ
Victor Francen → notableWork → Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ
Hans Dreier → notableWork → Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ
Daniel Mandell → edited → Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ
Charles Brackett → notableWork → Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ