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A Farewell to Arms (1932)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:6
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.7/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Frank Borzage's drama is the original, highly acclaimed film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel about the poignant, ill-fated wartime romance between an American paramedic and an English... Frank Borzage's drama is the original, highly acclaimed film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel about the poignant, ill-fated wartime romance between an American paramedic and an English nurse in WWI. This skillfully crafted film features two of the premiere stars of 1930s Hollywood--Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes--in the leads. [More]
Starring: Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips
Starring: Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips, Jack La Rue, Blanche Frederici, Henry Armetta, George Humbert, Fred Malatesta, Mary Forbes
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Story: Ernest Hemingway
Screenwriter: Benjamin Glazer
Composer: Ralph Rainger, John Leipold, Bernhard Kaun, Paul Marquardt
Reviews for A Farewell to Arms
Cooper and Hays bring Borzage's liking for towering, vulnerable men and tiny, tough women to its visual apotheosis (her head barely reaches his armpit when they walk).
The first Hemingway novel made into a Hollywood film is also one of the better ones due to Gary Cooper's star turn and Borzage's stylized helming, even if a happy ending was imposed against the author's wishes and protests.
It's not as good as the book, but it succeeds in its own right, which is really all I ask of adaptations.
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