A Farewell to Arms (1957) | |
Director(s) | Charles Vidor, John Huston (uncredited) |
Producer(s) | Arthur Fellows (associate uncredited), David O. Selznick (executive uncredited) |
Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance, War |
Top Topics | Book-Based, Nurses, World War I |
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A Farewell to Arms (1957) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by John Huston and Charles Vidor and produced by David O. Selznick and Arthur Fellows.
Academy Awards 1957 --- Ceremony Number 30 (source: AMPAS)
Award | Recipient | Result |
Best Supporting Actor | Vittorio De Sica | Nominated |
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An amazing number of people left the films or were fired by Selznick: John Huston, , the unit production manager, one cinematographer, three art directors, one visual effects supervisor and all of the staff working in the villa hired by David O. Selznick and Jennifer Jones in Rome.
David O. Selznick's last film.
Ernest Hemingway was not shy about expressing his dismay over producer David O. Selznick casting his 38-year old wife Jennifer Jones in the role of the 21-year-old nurse Catharine in the remake of his second novel, "A Farewell to Arms" (1957). Selznick had earlier tried to generate publicity for the film by making a token payment to Hemingway for the novel, even though he was not required to do so as Hemingway had sold away the rights to his book a generation before. The gesture did not earn Hemingway's goodwill.
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David O. Selznick's last film.
Ernest Hemingway was not shy about expressing his dismay over producer David O. Selznick casting his 38-year old wife Jennifer Jones in the role of the 21-year-old nurse Catharine in the remake of his second novel, "A Farewell to Arms" (1957). Selznick had earlier tried to generate publicity for the film by making a token payment to Hemingway for the novel, even though he was not required to do so as Hemingway had sold away the rights to his book a generation before. The gesture did not earn Hemingway's goodwill.
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