Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Kirk Douglas and Olivia De Havilland at 100!
Hold Back the Dawn | USA | 1941 | 35mm | 115 min. Director: Mitchell Leisen
Event Details
Date
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Time
2 p.m.
Location
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Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Charles Boyer, Paulette Goddard
In one of the wittiest and most underrated romances of the 1940s, de Havilland is an American school teacher visiting Mexico who is seduced by gigolo Boyer, a European émigré desperate to cross the border into the U.S. Aided in his schemes by his lover (Goddard), Boyer’s plans are thwarted when he actually falls for de Havilland.
In one of the wittiest and most underrated romances of the 1940s, de Havilland is an American school teacher visiting Mexico who is seduced by gigolo Boyer, a European émigré desperate to cross the border into the U.S. Aided in his schemes by his lover (Goddard), Boyer’s plans are thwarted when he actually falls for de Havilland.
Cost
Free
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