How meta.
“Write what you know” is an old adage, but when it comes to movies about movie making — they’re usually now big money makers, are they?
Tsk tsk only bounders have Louis Vuitton!
Heh heh the most American thing ever.
So this movie is about immigration, which must have been a hot button subject in 1941. This was before the US entered WWII, I think? (Pearl Harbour didn’t happen until late in the year, if I recall correctly…)
But no! He’s a downright bounder!
I can see what Hazel Flagg means… it’s a very cynical script indeed. But surely the bounder is going to turn out to have a heart of gold after all!?
I’m not sure I agree that it’s a cynical script (unless the director changed it a lot). It’s more a… “sure, you’ve got reasons to be sceptical about all these Europeans, but here’s why you’re for letting them in all the same” move — it’s pro-European immigration propaganda, really. And very well done! Have your hankies ready! I loved it.
Hold Back The Dawn. Mitchell Leisen. 1941. ⚄
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