Par la porte d'or

Original title: Hold Back the Dawn

1941
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1h 56m

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Olivia de Havilland, Charles Boyer, and Paulette Goddard in Par la porte d'or (1941)

Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.

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7.3/10

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Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 4 wins & 7 nominations total

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Trivia
The original script included an early scene where Charles Boyer talks to a cockroach in his room. Boyer dismissed the scene as idiotic and convinced director Mitchell Leisen to delete it; screenwriters Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett were so incensed at Leisen for giving in, they resolved to direct and produce their own movies from then on.

Goofs
When Anita is sitting on Georges' lap at the typewriter, a moving shadow of the boom microphone can be seen in the mirror behind them.

Quotes
Anita Dixon: All those years with all the others, I've shut my eyes and thought of you.

Alternate versions
Released prints for the Latin American markets included on-screen credits for technical advisers Padre Canseco, Ernesto A. Romero, and assistant director Francisco Alonso.

Connections
Featured in Discovering Film: Olivia de Havilland (2015)

Soundtracks
La Marseillaise
(1792) (uncredited)
Music by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Played by the band during the celebration near the end

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A little-known gem

One of the all-time great tearjerkers, this film satisfies on many levels: it offers a truly involving and emotionally moving story, an abundance of well-drawn and complex characters, an unusual setting, and three excellent stars (Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, and Paulette Goddard). Boyer's character narrates much of the film, describing how he woos and weds sweet schoolteacher de Havilland in order to gain American citizenship, and this device allows us to listen in as his jaded, mercenary persona mellows and purifies under the influence of his innocent bride. Full of wry humor and a colorful supporting cast, this film deserves to be better known.