Arise, My Love
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Arise, My Love | |
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Directed by | Mitchell Leisen |
Produced by | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
Written by | Billy Wilder Charles Brackett Jacques Théry Benjamin Glazer (story) Hans Székely (story) (as John S. Toldy) |
Starring | Claudette Colbert Ray Milland Dennis O'Keefe |
Music by | Victor Young |
Cinematography | Charles Lang |
Editing by | Doane Harrison |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date(s) | 16 October 1940 |
Running time | 110 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Arise, My Love is a 1940 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Mitchell Leisen, written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and Jacques Théry, and starring Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland.
Colbert once said that this was her favorite film of her own.
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[edit] Plot
Career v. private life for aviator and woman journalist during the Spanish war and World War II. The movie is at least partially based on the exploits of real American pilot Harold Evans Dahl.
[edit] Cast
- Claudette Colbert as Augusta (Gusto) Nash
- Ray Milland as Tom Martin
- Dennis O'Keefe as Joe 'Shep' Shepard
- Walter Abel as Mr. Phillips
- Dick Purcell as Pinky' OConnor
- George Zucco as Prison Governor
- Frank Puglia as Father Jacinto
- Esther Dale as Secretary
- Paul Leyssac as Bresson
- Ann Codee as Mme. Bresson
- Stanley Logan as Col. Tubbs Brown
- Lionel Pape as Lord Kettlebrook
- Aubrey Mather as Achille
- Cliff Nazarro as Botzelberg
[edit] Quotes
- [Father Jacinto, in Tom's cell, prepares him for death] Father Jacinto: This is my first execution.
- Tom Martin: Don't worry, Father, it's mine too.
- Tom Martin: You know, it's a funny thing that you of all people should be sitting beside me. You're precisely my type.
- Augusta Nash: Mmm-hmm. How long were you in that prison?
- Mr. Phillips: Gusto Nash, you're fired, as of immediately!
- Augusta Nash: Oh, it's not true!
- Mr. Phillips: I know it's not true. I just wanted to taste the words. Sheer rapture!
- Mr. Phillips: I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all!
[edit] Soundtrack
- DREAM LOVER
Written by Victor Schertzinger, Lyrics by Clifford Grey, Sung and hummed by Claudette Colbert, Introduced in The Love Parade (1929)
[edit] Awards and nominations
It won the Academy Award for Best Story (Benjamin Glazer and Hans Székely), and was nominated for Best Music (Victor Young), Best Cinematography (Charles Lang) and Best Art Direction (Hans Dreier and Robert Usher).
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Arise, My Love at the TCM Movie Database