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Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn is a 1941 romantic film 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[?] and Rosemary DeCamp[?].

The movie was adapted by Charles Brackett[?] and Billy Wilder from the book by Ketti Frings[?]. It was directed by Mitchell Leisen[?].

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Olivia de Havilland), Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay.



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