For Whom the Bell Tolls
First screened in March 2009

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Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Katina Paxinou, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Córdova, Vladimir Sokoloff, Mikhail Rasumny, Fortunio Bonanova, Eric Feldary, Victor Varconi, Joseph Calleia, Lilo Yarson, Alexander Granach, Adia Kuznetzoff, Leonid Snegoff, Leo Bulgakov, Duncan Renaldo, Frank Puglia, Pedro de Cordoba. Screenplay: Dudley Nichols (based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway).

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Twitter Capsule: As fake as it is long, and it's eternal. Hemingway minus the muscle or concision. Stagy and badly miscast.

VOR: ②  The camera angles and color photography sometimes impress, though both can also court garishness. The "ethnic" performances are a lot. The star performances ain't much. Unedifying.

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Photo © 1943 20th Century Fox

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: D+

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture
	Best Director: Sam Wood
	Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman
	Best Actor: Gary Cooper
★	Best Supporting Actress: Katina Paxinou
	Best Supporting Actor: Akim Tamiroff
	Best Cinematography (Color): Ray Rennahan
	Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color): Hans Dreier; Haldane Douglas and Bertram C. Granger
	Best Film Editing: Sherman Todd and John F. Link, Sr.
	Best Original Score (Drama or Comedy): Victor Young
Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Supporting Actress: Katina Paxinou
★	Best Supporting Actor: Akim Tamiroff

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