| Description |
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages ; 15 cm). |
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| System Details |
Blu-ray disc; region A; aspect ratio: 1.37:1; LPCM mono sound format ; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English dialogue; with optional English subtitles (SDH). |
| Cast |
Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Curt Bois. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Leo Tover; editor, Doane Harrison; music, Victor Young. |
| Note |
Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 1941, digitally remastered in 2019. |
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Full screen (1.37:1). |
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From a story by Ketti Frings. |
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Booklet (19 pages ; illustrations) featuring new writing on the film by writer and critic Farran Smith Nehme inserted in container. |
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Special features include: a new audio commentary by film scholar Adrian Martin ; Love Knows No Borders, a newly filmed video appreciation by film critic Geoff Andrew ; The John Player Lecture: Olivia de Havilland, a career-spanning onstage audio interview with Olivia de Havilland recorded at the National Film Theatre in 1971 ; rare hour-long radio adaptation of Hold Back the Dawn from 1941 starring Charles Boyer, Paulette Goddard and Susan Hayward ; a gallery of original stills and promotional images. |
| Summary |
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen. |
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Fortune hunters -- California -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Immigrants -- Romania -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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California -- Videodiscs. |
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Romania -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
Comedy films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Romance films.
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Romance films.
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Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Leisen, Mitchell, 1898-1972, film director.
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Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969, screenwriter.
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Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002, screenwriter.
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Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., 1893-1976, film producer.
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Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978, actor.
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De Havilland, Olivia, actor.
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Francen, Victor, actor.
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Abel, Walter, 1898-1987, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Frings, Ketti.
Memo to a movie producer.
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Young, Victor, 1900-1956, composer (expression)
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Tover, Leo, 1902-1964, director of photography.
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Harrison, Doane, 1894-1968, editor of moving image work.
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Nehme, Farran Smith, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Paramount Pictures, Inc., production company.
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Universal Pictures Corporation, film distributor.
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Arrow Academy (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Container of (work): Hold back the dawn (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Hold back the dawn (Radio program)
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John Player lecture series. Selections.
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Love knows no borders.
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| Standard No. |
760137254386 |
| Music No. |
AA049 Arrow Academy |
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FCD1900 Arrow Academy |
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