A Farewell to Arms (WWI)

A Farewell to Arms
Directed by Frank Borzage

Helen Hayes - Gary Cooper - Adolphe Menjou - Mary Philips - Jack La Rue

A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Henry and Nurse Catherine Barkley during World War I.

The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together. The film also analyses Lt. Henry's feelings on war and the purpose of fighting. Written by Josh Pasnak (IMDb) When this version of A Farewell to Arms came out, Ernest Hemingway hated this film. They turned his novel and put too much emphasis on the romance angle. When Papa Hemingway said that he obviously did not know Hollywood well at all. If he did just knowing Frank Borzage directed this film should have told him something. Borzage did a whole slew of tender romantic stories in the Thirties like Three Comrades, The Mortal Storm, stuff like that. A Farewell to Arms is definitely in keeping with that tradition.(IMDb)

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