Hold Back the Dawn (AMC Friday at...

By Susan King

Jan. 5, 1997 12 AM PT

Hold Back the Dawn (AMC Friday at 11 p.m.). Underrated 1941 drama, penned by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, about a charming gigolo (Charles Boyer) who romances and marries old maid Olivia DeHavilland so he can gain entry into the U.S. Soap opera, but features an Oscar-nominated performance from DeHavilland. Paulette Goddard, Walter Abel and Rosemary DeCamp are equally wonderful in support. Mitchell Leisen directed.

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Susan King

Susan King is a former entertainment writer at the Los Angeles Times who specialized in Classic Hollywood stories. She also wrote about independent, foreign and studio movies and occasionally TV and theater stories. Born in East Orange, N.J., she received her master’s degree in film history and criticism at USC. She worked for 10 years at the L.A. Herald Examiner and came to work at The Times in January 1990. She left in 2016.

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