Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love is a 1940 American romantic comedy film about a dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter who have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, and Jacques Théry, based on a story by Benjamin Glazer and Hans Székely (as John S. Toldy). Here's the gay, glorious story of a war correspondent and a war ace...a romance that could happen only in 1940! Augusta Nash You know, when we were in that plane, I had a hunch you were a stinker. Now I'm sure of it. Tom Martin Ever notice how these European trains always smell of Eau de Cologne and hard-boiled eggs? Dialogue Father Jacinto: [in Tom's cell, preparing him for death] This is my first execution. Tom Martin: Don't worry, Father, it's mine too. 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! Augusta Nash: L'amour. Tom Martin: All right, l'amour. I'm devoting my first evening to it. And my second, my third and my fourth. Augusta Nash: That's an awful lot of L'amour. Tom Martin: I was in jail for a long time. 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? Tom Martin: Same hair, same cheek bones. Just what I said -- precisely my type. Augusta Nash: Listen, honey, after 10 months in jail, anything would be your type - a St. Bernard. Augusta Nash: We hid in the clouds - a sanctuary of whipped cream. Tom Martin: Is that the sort of stuff you write, Augusta? Augusta Nash: [Dancing with Tom] Say, you're not bad at all. Tom Martin: Yeah? Wait'll I hit an air pocket. Augusta Nash: Thomas Martin, you're crazy. Tom Martin: Crazy? How? Augusta Nash: Running after me. Tom Martin: I'm not running after you. Just happen to be going over the same track, in the same train, in the same direction. Augusta Nash: Oh, I wasn't expecting you. Mr. Phillips: Who the heck were you expecting, Jack the Ripper? Augusta Nash: Don't you think we'd better get back to the inn? What will they think? Tom Martin: Oh, nothing. It's a French inn. Augusta Nash: Are they after us? Tom Martin: They're not looking for bird nests. Augusta Nash: Thomas Martin - what was that middle name of yours? Tom Martin: Thomas Fuller Martin, also known as Thomas Fulla Malarky. Augusta Nash: I'll bet. Tom Martin: Yeah, when was it? Only yesterday we thought we could throw two people overboard, with their ambitions, their big dreams. Augusta Nash: God knew better. He threw us right back after them. Cast Claudette Colbert - Augusta (Gusto) Nash Ray Milland - Tom Martin Dennis O'Keefe - Joe "Shep" Shepard Walter Abel - Mr. Phillips Dick Purcell - Pinky O'Connor 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 External links 0032220 Category:1940 American films Category:American romantic comedy films Category:Films set in France Category:World War II films Category:Films set in the 1940s Category:Films whose writers won Best Story Academy Award Category:Screenplays by Billy Wilder