A Farewell to Arms

1932

1h 29m

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6.1/10

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A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic's transfer, tremendous challenges and difficult decisions face each as the war rages on.

Directors

Frank Borzage

Writers

Ernest Hemingway(novel by)

Benjamin Glazer(screenplay by)

Oliver H.P. Garrett(screenplay by)

Stars

Helen Hayes

Gary Cooper

Adolphe Menjou

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Catherine Barkley

Lt. Frederic Henry

Major Rinaldi

Helen Ferguson

Priest

Head Nurse

Miss Van Campen

British Major

Bonello the Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Herman Bing

Swiss Postal Clerk (uncredited)

Agostino Borgato

Hospital Porter Giulio (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

Swiss Nurse (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Italian Soldier (uncredited)

William Irving

Frustrated Opera Singing Friend (uncredited)

Doris Lloyd

Nurse (uncredited)

Directors

Frank Borzage

Writers

Ernest Hemingway(novel by)

Benjamin Glazer(screenplay by)

Oliver H.P. Garrett(screenplay by)

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7/10

Frank Borzage presents us here with quite an effectively abridged version of the Hemmingway story of wartime romance. "Frederic" (Gary Cooper) is an American soldier who finds himself in hospital being cared for by nurse "Catherine" (the almost porcelain-like Helen Hayes). Their's is quickly a love story that has to compete with the atrocities of the Great War as he and she are both transferred and it becomes harder for them to communicate and be together. "Frederic" isn't helped by the well meaning interventions of his captain "Rinaldi" (Adolphe Menjou) who ensures that their written correspondence is unanswered - but when "Frederic" learns that a baby is due and that "Catherine" is now in Switzerland, he must rush to her side - even if that means desertion. To be honest the production isn't the best and the lighting could be doing with some extra wattage, but there is a genuine sense of chemistry between the couple and of frustration as their romance blossoms despite the prevailing difficulties. I reckon it's the best cinematic adaptation of this frequently quite torrid story, and well worth a gander,

Geronimo196701 Jan, 2024