A Farewell to Arms (1957 film)

A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Charles Vidor
Screenplay by	Ben Hecht
Based on	A Farewell to Arms; by Ernest Hemingway
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Starring	Rock Hudson; Jennifer Jones; Vittorio De Sica; Elaine Stritch
Cinematography	Oswald Morris
Edited by	John M. Foley; Gerard Wilson
Music by	Mario Nascimbene
Production; company	The Selznick Company
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 18, 1957 (United States);
Running time	152 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4,100,000; $4.2 million or $4,353,000
Box office	$20 million (worldwide)

A Farewell to Arms is a 1957 American epic war drama film directed by Charles Vidor. The screenplay by Ben Hecht, based in part on a 1930 play by Laurence Stallings, was the second feature film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It was the last film produced by David O. Selznick.

^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p. 251
^ Meyers, Jeffrey. John Huston: Courage and Art, p. 10. Crown Archetype, 2011. ISBN 9780307590671. Accessed August 28, 2019. "Despite these setbacks, Huston was still determined to direct a Hemingway film. The producer David Selznick, a kindhearted companion and long-standing friend, wanted to remake A Farewell to Arms (the 1932 movie had starred Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes) with Rock Hudson and his adored wife Jennifer Jones. The budget was $4.2 million, and Huston's unusually high fee was $250,000."
^ ^a ^b Thomson, David. Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick, Abacus, 1993. p. 656
^ Hal Erickson. "A Farewell to Arms (1957) - John Huston,Charles Vidor - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 25 July 2015.