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.
Notable for its interventionist message, it tells the love story of a pilot and lady journalist who meet in the latter days of the Spanish Civil War and follows them through the early days of ...
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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.
Notable for its interventionist message, it tells the love story of a pilot and lady journalist who meet in the latter days of the Spanish Civil War and follows them through the early days of World War II. Filming began in June of 1940 and the script was continuously updated to incorporate actual events, such as the signing of the armistice between France and Germany in the Compiegne Forest. The character of Augusta Nash was, seemingly, based on that of Martha Gellhorn.
Written by Victor Schertzinger, Lyrics by Clifford Grey, Sung and hummed by Claudette Colbert, Introduced in The Love Parade (1929)
It won the Academy Award for Best Story (Benjamin Glazer and Hans Székely), and was nominated for Best Music (Victor Young), Best...
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