Product Details

• Actors: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou, Jack Larue
• Directors: Frank Borzage
• Format: Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Digiview Productions
• DVD Release Date: February 2, 1932
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0002MOEPI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,142 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Classic Black & White

Adapted from a story by Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms tells the story of Frederick Henry (Gary Cooper), a WWI lieutenant who meets and falls in love with Catherine Barkley, a English nurse (Helen Hayes). Jealous of his relationship with Catherine, Frederick's friend Major Rinaldi (Adolphe Menjou) tries to come between them and arranges to have Catherine shipped off to Milan. Circumstances bring the former lovers together once again however, only to result in more heartbreak when Rinaldi conspires to keep the truth about Frederick's feelings from Catherine. Will love prevail, or is their romance destined for tragic results?

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4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love found - love lost - love found - love never lost, May 6, 2010

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This review is from: A Farewell To Arms [Slim Case] (DVD)

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 War, 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