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Ernest Hemingway's tragic wartime romance comes to vivid life in this classic 1932 film starring Oscar® winners Gary Cooper (Pride Of The Yankees) and Helen Hayes (Airport) and co-starring Adolphe Menjou. The cataclysm of WWI sets the stage for an impassioned story of star-crossed love between a daring American ambulance driver (Cooper) braving death at the front lines and an English nurse (Hayes) in an army hospital. The tumult of war conspires to push the pair together and then wrench them apart in what becomes an ultimate test of love.
Based largely on Hemingway's own experiences in The Great War, A Farewell To Arms was the first of the author's novels to reach the screen and enthralled movie audiences with its heart-rending romance and the realistic visions of battle. The startling imagery was captured by renowned director Frank Borzage and photographed in luminous black and white by Charles B. Lang, who won an Academy Award® for his artistry.
Due in part to censorship codes of the day, this theatrical version of the film has seldom been seen and was thought lost. This DVD has been remastered from the finest available nitrate print acquired from the David O. Selznick vaults and restores this Hollywood masterwork to its rightful glory.
"... exquisite cinematography..." Leonard Maltin
Editor's Note
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.
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Features | Interactive Trivia Questions And Answers | | Movie Credits | | Direct Scene Access | | Lobby Poster | | Biography |
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Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Image |
| Release Date: 6/15/1999 |
| Running Time: 78 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1932 | | Catalog ID: 5507 | | UPC: 00014381550726 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W |
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Cast & Crew
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Awards |
Oscar (1934) |  | Charles Lang, Winner, Best Cinematography | | Harold C. Lewis, Winner, Best Sound, Recording | | | Ronald Anderson, Nominee, Best Art Direction | | | Adolph Zukor, Nominee, Best Picture |
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