A Farewell to Arms

Directed by Frank Borzage
Year: 1932
Country: U.S.
Language: English

A ravishing adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's legendary novel, A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932) stars Gary Cooper (High Noon) as Lt. Frederic Henry, a young ambulance driver for the Italian army in WWI, more interested in chasing women than the enemy. When seeking cover during an air raid, he encounters Nurse Catherine Barkley (a radiant Helen Hayes), and the world shifts under his feet. They fall in love, but the war keeps wrenching them apart. These painful separations force Frederic to choose between love and battle, a decision that tests him morally and spiritually, and leads to one of the most rapturously romantic endings of all time.

Directed by the great Frank Borzage, winner of Best Director Oscars for 7TH HEAVEN (1927) and BAD GIRL (1931), A FAREWELL TO ARMS was a Best Picture nominee, and one of the crowning achievements of the studio system. Also a nominee for Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Recording, and Best Art Direction.

Cast
Gary Cooper
Adolphe Menjou
Mary Philips
Helen Hayes

Crew
Cinematographer Charles Lang
Writers Ernest Hemingway, H.P. Garrett and Benjamin Glazer
Produced by David O. Selznick
Directed by Frank Borzage