A Farewell to Arms
This adaptation of Hemingway?s novel features Cooper as an American soldier and his ill-fated love affair with a British nurse. The two lovers will stop at nothing to be together but Cooper?s internal struggles ultimately threaten the relationship. Hemingway?s theme of questioning the nature of war and fighting is fully recognized under Frank Borzage?s direction. more
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Product DetailsOriginal Title:A Farewell to ArmsActors: Adolphe Menjou - Gary Cooper - Helen Hayes - Jack La Rue -... |
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This first film version of Ernest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms stars Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes. Cooper... |
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Feb-01-2009
- 1 star out of 4
The Bottom Line:This terrible adaptation of Hemingway's novel misses the point entirely (***spoiler*** it literally ends with Gary Cooper holding Helen Hayes in his arms and intoning "Peace! Peace!"), features wooden performances from...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-08-2007
- "I don't really live at all when I'm not with you...."
"I'm afraid of the rain because sometimes I see me dead in it. And sometimes I see you dead in it." -- Helen Hayes Frank Borzage had a romanticism and sensitivity to his silent work matched by none, and when sound came along he continued...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-23-2007
- A Farewell To Seriousness
As a fan of old Hollywood movies and stars, I went for "Farewell" because the name carries so much weight in American literature and film. Who can resist these titans of cinema? Well, perhaps those who need a well developed story line...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-27-2007
- Fine Performances by Cooper and Hayes
Released just four years after Ernest Hemingway's novel was published, the screen version of A FAREWELL TO ARMS, directed by Frank Borzage, plays fast and loose with the novel's story. One big departure is that Major Rinaldi (Adolphe...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-08-2007
- "I don't really live at all when I'm not with you...."
"I'm afraid of the rain because sometimes I see me dead in it. And sometimes I see you dead in it." -- Helen Hayes Frank Borzage had a romanticism and sensitivity to his silent work matched by none, and when sound came along he continued...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-28-2006
- Romance Amidst War-Ravaged Italy
United forever in this 1932 film, are Gary Cooper (1901-61) and Helen Hayes (1900-93) in this chaste adaptation of the 1929 Hemingway novel, whose title - Farewell to Arms - simply means "desertion" and questions the very nature of war....
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Feb-01-2009
- 1 star out of 4
The Bottom Line:This terrible adaptation of Hemingway's novel misses the point entirely (***spoiler*** it literally ends with Gary Cooper holding Helen Hayes in his arms and intoning "Peace! Peace!"), features wooden performances from...
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