Charles Boyer
Georges Iscovescu
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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.
Hold Back the Dawn: Directed by Mitchell Leisen. With Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen. Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
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- Drama, Romance
- Mitchell Leisen
- 1941-09-26
Roumanian immigrant George Iscovescu sneaks onto the Paramount studio lot in Hollywood to sell a story idea to director Saxon. Desperate for $500, George convinces Saxon to listen to the true story of George's life for the past year: At the outbreak of World War II, George flees from Europe to Mexico, from where he hopes to gain easy entry into ...
Impressionable teacher Emmy (Olivia de Havilland) is swept off her feet when she meets Georges (Charles Boyer) in a Mexican border town. Unaware that...
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- Charles Boyer
- Mitch Leisen
- Paramount
A Romanian gigolo tries to marry an American schoolteacher in Mexico to get into the USA, but falls in love with her. IMDb provides two plot summaries, cast and crew information, user reviews, trivia and more for this comedy film.
In a SUNSET BOULEVARD-like flashback, Rumanian gigolo Charles Boyer cools his heels in a cheap Mexican hotel while waiting for his American visa, then marries naive schoolteacher Olivia de Havilland to cut his waiting time. Scripted by Brackett and Wilder, who had waited for his own visa in a similar bordertown. With Paulette Goddard.
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.
