A Farewell to Arms (1932)

Description

A Farewell to Arms is a 1932 American romance film drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, and Adolphe Menjou. Based on the 1929 semi-autobiographical novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, with a screenplay by Oliver H.P. Garrett and Benjamin Glazer, the film is about a romantic love affair between an American ambulance driver and an English nurse in Italy during World War I. The film received Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Sound and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Art Direction. The original Broadway play starred Glenn Anders and Elissa Landi.

Cast

• Helen Hayes as Catherine Barkley
• Gary Cooper as Lieutenant Frederic Henry
• Adolphe Menjou as Captain Rinaldi
• Mary Philips as Helen Ferguson
• Jack La Rue as Priest
• Blanche Friderici as Head Nurse
• Mary Forbes as Miss Van Campen
• Gilbert Emery as British Major^[3]
• Agostino Borgato as Giulio (uncredited)
• Tom Ricketts as Count Greffi (uncredited) *Charles Frend as extra in American driver