The Selznick Studio
Starring: Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica
Directed by: Charles Vidor
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!
Synopsis: This cinematic telling of Hemingway’s novel follows Lt. Frederick Henry (Rock Hudson), an American working as an ambulance driver for the Italian army in World War I, who falls in love with Catherine Barkley (Jennifer Jones), a British woman working with the Red Cross.
Purr Blur: After being wounded, Frederick is sent to Milan where he ends up reconnecting with Catherine. When they find out Frederick is to be sent back into service, he and Catherine leave the hospital and walk through the streets of Milan. Two tiny cats are sitting in the road and scurry out of the way of a passing carriage (the cat’s meows are dubbed in).
The white cat runs a little ways up the street behind Frederick and Catherine before turning into a doorway.
Final Mewsings: Cats do not wait around to be run over by carriages.
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