The golden gate
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The golden gate |
| Original title | Hold back the dawn |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1941 |
| length | 116 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mitchell Leisen |
| script |
Charles Brackett , Billy Wilder |
| production | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
| music | Victor Young |
| camera | Leo Tover |
| cut | Doane Harrison |
| occupation | |
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The golden gate (original title: Hold Back the Dawn ) is an American film from 1941.
action
The Romanian Georges Iscovescu comes to Hollywood . At Paramount Studios he meets with the film director Dwight Saxon to tell him his life story and sell him.
With the outbreak of the Second World War , Georges fled from Europe to Mexico , from there to the USA. In Mexico he learns that he has to wait five to eight years due to a quota system for immigration from Mexico to the USA. In a hotel on the border he meets his former girlfriend and dance partner Anita Dixon. She tells him that she got her citizenship by marrying an American. Shortly afterwards she left the American again. The attractive Georges sees his chance here. A little later he meets the naive American teacher Emmy Brown, who is on a school trip with students . The school bus breaks down and Georges sabotages the repair . Emmy Brown now spends the night with her students in the same hotel as Georges. Emmy falls in love with the charming man that night and they marry the next day. Emmy returns to California and Georges has to wait four weeks for an entry permit. During this time he refreshed his relationship with Anita Dixon again. They arrange to meet in New York after Georges' divorce .
A week later, Emmy comes back to Mexico surprisingly. She got off her honeymoon from her school principal and was allowed to borrow the school bus. Georges wants to keep Emmy away from Anita while preventing a certain Police Inspector Hammock from becoming suspicious. Hammock observed the marriage of suspicious pairs. Georges leaves town with Emma. After a long journey, they come to a small town that is having a big wedding party. The romance and atmosphere of the place mean that Georges inadvertently falls in love with Emmy too. After another week, the couple returns to the Mexican border town. There they meet the now jealous Anita. Anita tells Emmy about Georges' original intentions. The young woman is shocked, but still defends Georges against Inspector Hammock, who has become suspicious of the two’s quick marriage. Emmy leaves Mexico and Georges, deeply disappointed and feeling ashamed of her own stupidity. On the way back she has a serious car accident. When Georges learns of this, he illegally crossed the border and reached the hospital. Emmy doesn't want to live anymore, but Georges can convince her of his sincerity and the courage to face returns. Assured that Emmy will be cured of the injuries, Georges disappears to hide from the police and Inspector Hammock. So he comes to Hollywood to Dwight Saxon to tell him his story for money. At Paramount Studios, Hammock finally tracks him down and Georges is caught. Hammock brings him back to Mexico.
One day in Mexico, Hammock meets the lonely, desperate Georges again. Hammock tells him that he never put the arrest and transfer to Mexico on record and that he is now legally allowed to enter the USA as a free man. Hammock takes him to the border, where he meets the waiting Emma.
background
The film was based on the story Memo to a Movie Producer by Ketti Frings . During the filming there was a conflict between screenwriter Billy Wilder and Charles Boyer, who refused to play a monologue addressed to a cockroach in his hotel room . The scene was canceled and was the trigger for Billy Wilder to film his scripts himself as a director in the future.
In an opening scene, Mitchell Leisen is making a film as director Dwight Saxon. The performers in this film are Veronica Lake , Brian Donlevy, and Richard Webb . However, they are not mentioned in the credits.
In the GDR the film was shown under the alternative title Awakening in the Twilight .
Reviews
“Romantic drama whose sentimentality is compensated for by sarcastic and time-critical undertones. Artistically above-average entertainment. "
“Good, very nuanced story [...]. Hollywood film from 1941, which might need some retouching on the outside, but which today is still an example of certain cinematic instinct. Recommended for ages 16 and up. "
Awards
The film received six Academy Award nominations in 1942 in the categories of Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Music, and Best Set. At the Academy Awards in 1942 , however, he received nothing. It was Olivia de Havilland's first Oscar nomination for best actress. At the same time, however, her sister Joan Fontaine was also nominated for the Hitchcock film Suspicion . The award for the best actress ultimately went to Joan Fontaine.
Web links
- The only goal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The golden gate at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b TCM Movie Database
- ↑ a b The golden gate. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 29/1969