Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love (1940)

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

Date of release
1940-11-08
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (25)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Director
Mitchell Leisen

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 4. Including: Academy Award for Best Story

Arise, My Love is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland and Dennis O'Keefe. It was made by Paramount Pictures and written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and Jacques Théry. Containing an interventionist message, it tells the love story of a pilot and a journalist who meet in the latter days of the Spanish Civil War and follows them through the early days of World War II. Colbert once said that Arise, My Love was her personal favorite motion picture of all the films she had made.

Production

Filming for Arise, My Love began on June 24, 1940, on the Paramount lot and lasted until mid-August 1940, with the script continuously updated to incorporate actual events, such as the sinking of the SS Athenia and the signing of the armistice between France and Germany in the Forest of Compiègne. The character of Augusta Nash was reputedly based on that of Martha Gellhorn.

A Stinson A trimotor was featured in the film as a Spanish aircraft. Aerial coordinator Paul Mantz flew the aircraft.

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