Arise, My Love (1940)

Director:

Mitchell Leisen

Writers:

Charles Brackett (writer)
Benjamin Glazer (story)

Release Date:

16 October 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Here's the gay, glorious story of a war correspondent and a war ace...a romance that could happen only in 1940!

Plot:

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Pilot | Beautiful Woman | Elevator | WWII

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Claudette Colbert	...	Augusta (Gusto) Nash
Ray Milland	...	Tom Martin
Dennis O'Keefe	...	Joe 'Shep' Shepard
Walter Abel	...	Mr. Phillips
Dick Purcell	...	Pinky' OConnor
George Zucco	...	Prison Governor
Frank Puglia	...	Father Jacinto
Esther Dale	...	Secretary
Paul Leyssac	...	Bresson
Ann Codee	...	Mme. Bresson
Stanley Logan	...	Col. Tubbs Brown
Lionel Pape	...	Lord Kettlebrook
Aubrey Mather	...	Achille
Cliff Nazarro	...	Botzelberg
Rudolph Anders	...	Prussian Officer (as Robert O. Davis)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German | Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording) | Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cinemania (2002)

Soundtrack:

DREAM LOVER

And spite the envious moon!

In the final analysis, a film is about cinematography. From the very beginning at the Spanish prison, extraordinary cinematography is used to an exceptional degree, and it continues through the film. There are minor exceptions, as with the file film of airplanes flying. More importantly, the film claims the obvious: The Spanish government in 1939 had more than casual leanings toward Berlin. The bombing of Guernica by the Nazi air force is testimony, here reinforced. Tom Martin (Ray Millard) says he had a pet rat in his jail cell named "Adolph." Spain's neutrality during World War Two is in question with Paramount Pictures, as it was in diplomatic circles. Of course, a 1940 movie about event of 1939 has the advantage of historical retrospect, yet the public actions of the Spanish government stand. Claudette Colbert as Agusta Nash is the career woman whose career comes before love, who puts her career before all. Her assignment as Special Berlin Correspondent is to tell of Hitler and his gang. A series of unpredictable events leads her to redefine her sense of patriotism. There are, in effect, many loves which must arise and spite the envious moon. Cinematography, historical theme, and some darn good acting all unite for an effective historical perspective on life at the beginnings of World War Two.