Rico says he was flipping channels over breakfast this morning and A Farewell to Arms (the 1932 version starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes) was on. A big Hemingway fan, he decided to watch awhile. He remembered another version and had to look it up; it was made in 1957 and 'starred' Rock Hudson as Lieutenant Henry. No wonder he didn't remember it... (There was also a mini-series done in the 60s that 'starred' George Hamilton in the lead role. He didn't want to remember that, even though Vanessa Redgrave, in a role he's sure she lamented doing, played Catherine Barkley and Donald Sutherland played Sim.) They need to do another modern version, with some real actors...
13 October 2008
Oldies are goodies
Rico says he was flipping channels over breakfast this morning and A Farewell to Arms (the 1932 version starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes) was on. A big Hemingway fan, he decided to watch awhile. He remembered another version and had to look it up; it was made in 1957 and 'starred' Rock Hudson as Lieutenant Henry. No wonder he didn't remember it... (There was also a mini-series done in the 60s that 'starred' George Hamilton in the lead role. He didn't want to remember that, even though Vanessa Redgrave, in a role he's sure she lamented doing, played Catherine Barkley and Donald Sutherland played Sim.) They need to do another modern version, with some real actors...
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