Title
Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls: Two Classic American Novels as War Movies
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Criticizes filmmakers Frank Borzage and David O. Selznick for minimizing Hemingway’s poignant depictions of war in their 1932 and 1957 adaptations of A Farewell to Arms. Praises For Whom the Bell Tolls director Sam Wood for “coloring some of the scenes with a human touch,” but ultimately finds his 1943 adaptation lacking the force of Hemingway’s disciplined, evocative prose.
Published in
Indian Journal of American Studies
Volume
25
Issue
2
Date
Summer 1995
Pages
147-154
COinS
Citation
Rao, P. Subba. “Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls: Two Classic American Novels as War Movies.” Indian Journal of American Studies 25, no. 2 (Summer 1995): 147-54.