Hold Back the Dawn

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Hold Back the Dawn

film by Leisen [1941]

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Billy Wilder
Early life and work
…during this period was Leisen’s Hold Back the Dawn (1941), a compelling drama about a suave European refugee (played by Charles Boyer) stranded in Mexico who uses his wiles to entice an American schoolteacher (Olivia de Havilland) into marriage so that he can gain entry into the United States.
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…during this period was Leisen’s Hold Back the Dawn (1941), a compelling drama about a suave European refugee (played by Charles Boyer) stranded in Mexico who uses his wiles to entice an American schoolteacher (Olivia de Havilland) into marriage so that he can gain entry into the United States.
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Mitchell Leisen
Films of the 1940s of Mitchell Leisen
Leisen’s next film, Hold Back the Dawn (also 1941), is widely considered to be among his best. Charles Boyer played a down-on-his-luck dancer in Mexico who manipulates a visiting American schoolteacher (Olivia de Havilland) into marrying him so that he can emigrate to the United States; in the…
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Leisen’s next film, Hold Back the Dawn (also 1941), is widely considered to be among his best. Charles Boyer played a down-on-his-luck dancer in Mexico who manipulates a visiting American schoolteacher (Olivia de Havilland) into marrying him so that he can emigrate to the United States; in the…
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Olivia de Havilland
…roles in Strawberry Blonde (1941), Hold Back the Dawn (1941), and The Male Animal (1942) and portrayed Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939).
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…roles in Strawberry Blonde (1941), Hold Back the Dawn (1941), and The Male Animal (1942) and portrayed Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939).
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