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A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Henry (Gary Cooper) and Nurse Catherine Barkley (Helen Hayes) 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.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
My review of the KINO DVD release of "A Farewell to Arms" (1932, 89 mins.).
February 27, 2013
By D. P. Wilson
Amazon Verified Purchase
First off, I want to make clear that, despite what the Amazon product description for this DVD presently (on 2/27/13) indicates, this movie, in this DVD release, is 89 mins. in length, not 80. I notified Amazon of the error a short while ago, so expect the correction to be reflected soon.
Secondly, I wish to COMPLETELY disagree with the product review posted by BAILADORA FINA on 1/7/13. I own a KINO DVD of "A Farewell to Arms". KINO released this movie as a new HD master, NOT as a restoration. Master means a best-possible straight HD reproduction from the best available picture and audio elements. A restoration, on the other hand, is when imperfections in picture and sound are corrected, as well as is reasonably possible.
As a new HD master, I consider this KINO DVD to be excellent, with overall clear, clean picture and sound, and with nicely balanced greyscale contrast.
I realize there is a conspicuous editing jump in one place, that makes it clear some footage was snipped out at some long-ago point. (You can tell as the scene begins with Catherine's mouth finishing moving from saying something before her continuing dialog begins.) Also, there are some inconsequential instances, throughout the film, where a fraction-of-a-split-second frame or two missing is just barely evident. Those issues reflect the form the reproduced old original film copy is in. As KINO's release is a new straight HD master "from an original nitrate 35mm print, preserved by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department," we're getting the best possible as-is reproduction of THAT copy. The KINO DVD offers clear, well-balanced, flutter-free, entirely agreeable image and sound quality, that I, for one, am fully satisfied with.
This is an 80 year old movie (most of what I especially enjoy watching, and collecting, where movies are concerned, is Silent through Pre-Code movies, of which I own dozens of such on typically expensive DVD releases [Criterion, KINO, TCM Archives, Warner Archive, MGM Premiere, etc.], and I have high, but realistic, standards and expectations regarding reproduction quality, and this release compares favourably, and very nicely, with other excellent new straight digital masterings I have of movies of similar vintage). I find BAILADORA's review to not at all accurately represent the fine quality of this DVD. The KINO release easily offers the best digital reproduction, on DVD, of this movie currently available. No way can it be accurately said that this DVD's "visuals are...substandard and so is the sound." I heartily disagree with that mystifying statement by BAILADORA. For an 80 year old movie that hasn't had any restoration work done to it (that's in overall great condition, regardless), this DVD offers excellent reproduction quality, with no significant shortcomings regarding either picture or sound. Yes: There are some slight visual imperfections, here and there, regarding minor specks, scratches, upper-right-corner reel-change indicator flashes, and that type of thing, but nothing that at all intrudes upon or detracts from the viewing experience; it's the usual type visual issues that any well-seasoned frequent viewer of Pre-Code era movies knows routinely comes with the territory (except with movies that have gotten actual restorations and had those type issues eliminated or minimized). I think the job KINO has done creating the beautiful new HD digital master is commendable, and that it'll satisfy and please anyone wanting to own a high quality, easy to view and hear copy of the movie.
It appears to me that this is the very copy of "A Farewell to Arms" that TCM airs, as, to my eyes and ears, everything looked and sounded identical when I recently viewed the movie on TCM, then viewed it again, less than a week later, via my KINO DVD, and was unable to observe any differences whatsoever.
Secondly, I wish to COMPLETELY disagree with the product review posted by BAILADORA FINA on 1/7/13. I own a KINO DVD of "A Farewell to Arms". KINO released this movie as a new HD master, NOT as a restoration. Master means a best-possible straight HD reproduction from the best available picture and audio elements. A restoration, on the other hand, is when imperfections in picture and sound are corrected, as well as is reasonably possible.
As a new HD master, I consider this KINO DVD to be excellent, with overall clear, clean picture and sound, and with nicely balanced greyscale contrast.
I realize there is a conspicuous editing jump in one place, that makes it clear some footage was snipped out at some long-ago point. (You can tell as the scene begins with Catherine's mouth finishing moving from saying something before her continuing dialog begins.) Also, there are some inconsequential instances, throughout the film, where a fraction-of-a-split-second frame or two missing is just barely evident. Those issues reflect the form the reproduced old original film copy is in. As KINO's release is a new straight HD master "from an original nitrate 35mm print, preserved by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department," we're getting the best possible as-is reproduction of THAT copy. The KINO DVD offers clear, well-balanced, flutter-free, entirely agreeable image and sound quality, that I, for one, am fully satisfied with.
This is an 80 year old movie (most of what I especially enjoy watching, and collecting, where movies are concerned, is Silent through Pre-Code movies, of which I own dozens of such on typically expensive DVD releases [Criterion, KINO, TCM Archives, Warner Archive, MGM Premiere, etc.], and I have high, but realistic, standards and expectations regarding reproduction quality, and this release compares favourably, and very nicely, with other excellent new straight digital masterings I have of movies of similar vintage). I find BAILADORA's review to not at all accurately represent the fine quality of this DVD. The KINO release easily offers the best digital reproduction, on DVD, of this movie currently available. No way can it be accurately said that this DVD's "visuals are...substandard and so is the sound." I heartily disagree with that mystifying statement by BAILADORA. For an 80 year old movie that hasn't had any restoration work done to it (that's in overall great condition, regardless), this DVD offers excellent reproduction quality, with no significant shortcomings regarding either picture or sound. Yes: There are some slight visual imperfections, here and there, regarding minor specks, scratches, upper-right-corner reel-change indicator flashes, and that type of thing, but nothing that at all intrudes upon or detracts from the viewing experience; it's the usual type visual issues that any well-seasoned frequent viewer of Pre-Code era movies knows routinely comes with the territory (except with movies that have gotten actual restorations and had those type issues eliminated or minimized). I think the job KINO has done creating the beautiful new HD digital master is commendable, and that it'll satisfy and please anyone wanting to own a high quality, easy to view and hear copy of the movie.
It appears to me that this is the very copy of "A Farewell to Arms" that TCM airs, as, to my eyes and ears, everything looked and sounded identical when I recently viewed the movie on TCM, then viewed it again, less than a week later, via my KINO DVD, and was unable to observe any differences whatsoever.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A Frank Borzage production that is based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway, this is a story of the love between ambulance driver Lieutenant Henry (Gary Cooper) and Nurse Catherine Barkley (Helen Hayes) during World War I. the story is made complex by the interference of Major Rinaldi (Adolphe Menjou.)
"Disaster as well as victory is written for every nation on the record of the World Ware, but high on the rolls of glory two names are inscribed -- --
The Marne and the Piave."
This is a real tearjerker in black and white. However, it is well made and the story keeps movie. We can even feel sorry for the misguided friendship of Major Rinaldi, which contributed greatly to the disaster in the story.
I was really struck by seeing the young Helen Hayes as the first time I saw her was on Airport (1970.)
The Fountainhead ~ Gary Cooper
"Disaster as well as victory is written for every nation on the record of the World Ware, but high on the rolls of glory two names are inscribed -- --
The Marne and the Piave."
This is a real tearjerker in black and white. However, it is well made and the story keeps movie. We can even feel sorry for the misguided friendship of Major Rinaldi, which contributed greatly to the disaster in the story.
I was really struck by seeing the young Helen Hayes as the first time I saw her was on Airport (1970.)
The Fountainhead ~ Gary Cooper
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A Farewell To Arms, 1932 film
The story begins with a view of the country. Red Cross ambulances travel on a narrow road, then arrive at a hospital. One nurse will be sent home in disgrace. The soldiers talk to a doctor. Outside there are explosions from an air raid. They talk about the war in the mountains. Lieutenant Henry meets Nurse Barkley; he joined the Italian Ambulance Corps. They talk. Ambulances are sent north of Plava. Henry returns to say goodbye. He is given a medal of St. Anthony. The drivers dine on cheese and spaghetti and wine at the front. Shells burst outside. Henry is wounded. Doctor Rinaldi attends him. He is sent to Milano to recover. He sees a familiar face, Nurse Ferguson. Then he meets Nurse Barkley again. The war affects people , says the priest.
Will they marry? Not if they fight says Ferguson. Catherine Barkley asks Henry about his past girlfriends. A supervisor cancels Henry's leave to send him back to the front. Barkley hates the rain. The train whistle calls Henry. "I'll always come back." He leaves on the train. Barkley leaves for Switzerland, she won't go back to the hospital. The Captain censors the mail. Henry wants to go to Milano to look for Barkley. The war goes on, there are more casualties. There are scenes that must have significance if you read the novel. Henry learns why Barkley went away! Now he too goes away. Captain Rinaldi reads the advertisement in the newspapers. Henry is warned to leave. He takes a boat across the lake at night. Barkley is in the hospital, Henry finds her.
But she lost the baby. He hears that Austria-hungary accepted an armistice. Catherine knows her fate, but she puts on a brave face. They meet at last. "Poor darling." He will never stop loving Catherine. "Don't let me go." "I'm not afraid." Outside people celebrate the Armistice. Peace at last. [Does this remind you of "Love Story"? The same story in different settings.]
The book must have been better than this. The rationing during the war led to under-fed people. Little was known about nutrition then, vitamins had not been discovered. The "Spanish Flu" spread throughout Europe and the world. So many were sick in the armies that an Armistice was declared, then the war ended after the Revolution in Berlin. The Kaiser abdicated, the Tsar of Russia had already been overthrown by their Revolution. Did "the War to End War' succeed? You know the answer to this grand illusion.
The story begins with a view of the country. Red Cross ambulances travel on a narrow road, then arrive at a hospital. One nurse will be sent home in disgrace. The soldiers talk to a doctor. Outside there are explosions from an air raid. They talk about the war in the mountains. Lieutenant Henry meets Nurse Barkley; he joined the Italian Ambulance Corps. They talk. Ambulances are sent north of Plava. Henry returns to say goodbye. He is given a medal of St. Anthony. The drivers dine on cheese and spaghetti and wine at the front. Shells burst outside. Henry is wounded. Doctor Rinaldi attends him. He is sent to Milano to recover. He sees a familiar face, Nurse Ferguson. Then he meets Nurse Barkley again. The war affects people , says the priest.
Will they marry? Not if they fight says Ferguson. Catherine Barkley asks Henry about his past girlfriends. A supervisor cancels Henry's leave to send him back to the front. Barkley hates the rain. The train whistle calls Henry. "I'll always come back." He leaves on the train. Barkley leaves for Switzerland, she won't go back to the hospital. The Captain censors the mail. Henry wants to go to Milano to look for Barkley. The war goes on, there are more casualties. There are scenes that must have significance if you read the novel. Henry learns why Barkley went away! Now he too goes away. Captain Rinaldi reads the advertisement in the newspapers. Henry is warned to leave. He takes a boat across the lake at night. Barkley is in the hospital, Henry finds her.
But she lost the baby. He hears that Austria-hungary accepted an armistice. Catherine knows her fate, but she puts on a brave face. They meet at last. "Poor darling." He will never stop loving Catherine. "Don't let me go." "I'm not afraid." Outside people celebrate the Armistice. Peace at last. [Does this remind you of "Love Story"? The same story in different settings.]
The book must have been better than this. The rationing during the war led to under-fed people. Little was known about nutrition then, vitamins had not been discovered. The "Spanish Flu" spread throughout Europe and the world. So many were sick in the armies that an Armistice was declared, then the war ended after the Revolution in Berlin. The Kaiser abdicated, the Tsar of Russia had already been overthrown by their Revolution. Did "the War to End War' succeed? You know the answer to this grand illusion.
