A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)

A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Borzage
Screenplay by	Benjamin Glazer; Oliver H.P. Garrett;
Based on	A Farewell to Arms; 1929 novel; by Ernest Hemingway and play written by Laurence Stallings.
Produced by	Edward A. Blatt; Benjamin Glazer;
Starring	Helen Hayes; Gary Cooper; Adolphe Menjou;
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Edited by	Otho Lovering; George Nicholls Jr.;
Music by	Herman Hand; W. Franke Harling; Bernhard Kaun; John Leipold; Paul Marquardt; Ralph Rainger; Milan Roder; (all uncredited);
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (original release) ; Warner Bros. Pictures (1949 reissue)
Release date	December 8, 1932 (United States);
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$900,000
Box office	$1 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)

A Farewell to Arms is a 1932 American pre-Code romance drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, and Adolphe Menjou.^[3] 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 tragic 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.^[3]

In 1960, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the last claimant, United Artists, did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.^[4] However, the novel that the book is based on is under copyright until 2025, thus restricting reuse of the film until then.

The original Broadway play starred Glenn Anders and Elissa Landi and was staged at the National Theatre September 22, 1930 to October 1930.^[5]^[6]

^ Schallert, Edwin (October 16, 1932). "Film Costs Hit Both Extremes". Los Angeles Times. p. B13. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M-140. ISSN 0042-2738.
^ ^a ^b Erickson, Hal (October 16, 2007). "A Farewell to Arms (1932)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
^ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.
^ "A Farewell to Arms". Internet Broadway Database.
^ Unlike most pre-1950 Paramount sound features, A Farewell to Arms was not sold to what is now known as Universal Television. Warner Bros. acquired the rights at an unknown date with the intention to remake the film, but never did. However, Warner Brothers DID re-release the movie in the later forties. WB replaced the original Paramount openings and closings with its circa 1948 logo and completely re-filmed the opening credits and end title. The film would end-up in the package of films sold to Associated Artists Productions in 1956, that company would be sold to United Artists two years later.

[1] Schallert, Edwin (October 16, 1932). "Film Costs Hit Both Extremes". Los Angeles Times. p. B13. Retrieved May 15, 2022.

[Variety-2] Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M-140. ISSN 0042-2738.

[nytimes-3] Erickson, Hal (October 16, 2007). "A Farewell to Arms (1932)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2012.

[4] Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.

[5] "A Farewell to Arms". Internet Broadway Database.

[6] Unlike most pre-1950 Paramount sound features, A Farewell to Arms was not sold to what is now known as Universal Television. Warner Bros. acquired the rights at an unknown date with the intention to remake the film, but never did. However, Warner Brothers DID re-release the movie in the later forties. WB replaced the original Paramount openings and closings with its circa 1948 logo and completely re-filmed the opening credits and end title. The film would end-up in the package of films sold to Associated Artists Productions in 1956, that company would be sold to United Artists two years later.

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