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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Hemingway was a volunteer ambulance driver at the WorldWarOne Italian front and incorporated his experience into the book. Notably the early scene where a mechanic is killed right next to the main character resembles a real life incident in which a shell killed an Italian soldier right next to Hemingway, who was involuntarily saved by the soldier's body sheltering him from the explosion.

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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Hemingway was a volunteer ambulance driver at the WorldWarOne UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne Italian front and incorporated his experience into the book. Notably the early scene where a mechanic is killed right next to the main character resembles a real life incident in which a shell killed an Italian soldier right next to Hemingway, who was involuntarily saved by the soldier's body sheltering him from the explosion.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Hemingway was a volunteer ambulance driver at the WW1 Italian front and incorporated his experience into the book. Notably the early scene where a mechanic is killed right next to the main character resembles a real life incident in which a shell killed an Italian soldier right next to Hemingway, who was involuntarily saved by the soldier's body sheltering him from the explosion.

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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Hemingway was a volunteer ambulance driver at the WW1 WorldWarOne Italian front and incorporated his experience into the book. Notably the early scene where a mechanic is killed right next to the main character resembles a real life incident in which a shell killed an Italian soldier right next to Hemingway, who was involuntarily saved by the soldier's body sheltering him from the explosion.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Hemingway was a volunteer ambulance driver at the WW1 Italian front and incorporated his experience into the book. Notably the early scene where a mechanic is killed right next to the main character resembles a real life incident in which a shell killed an Italian soldier right next to Hemingway, who was involuntarily saved by the soldier's body sheltering him from the explosion.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Creator/ErnestHemingway hated the film, as he felt it was overly romantic. That didn't stop him, however, from becoming lifelong friends with Creator/GaryCooper, whom he met several years later. In fact, it was Hemingway who would insist that Cooper be cast in the lead of ''Film/ForWhomTheBellTolls'' eleven years later. However, the two made a point of never discussing this film.

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* DisownedAdaptation: Creator/ErnestHemingway hated the film, as he felt it was overly romantic. That didn't stop him, however, from becoming lifelong friends with Creator/GaryCooper, whom he met several years later. In fact, it was Hemingway who would insist that Cooper be cast in the lead of ''Film/ForWhomTheBellTolls'' ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls'' eleven years later. However, the two made a point of never discussing this film.
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* DisownedAdapatation: Creator/ErnestHemingway hated the film, as he felt it was overly romantic. That didn't stop him, however, from becoming lifelong friends with Creator/GaryCooper, whom he met several years later. In fact, it was Hemingway who would insist that Cooper be cast in the lead of ''Film/ForWhomTheBellTolls'' eleven years later. However, the two made a point of never discussing this film.

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* DisownedAdapatation: DisownedAdaptation: Creator/ErnestHemingway hated the film, as he felt it was overly romantic. That didn't stop him, however, from becoming lifelong friends with Creator/GaryCooper, whom he met several years later. In fact, it was Hemingway who would insist that Cooper be cast in the lead of ''Film/ForWhomTheBellTolls'' eleven years later. However, the two made a point of never discussing this film.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Though in the novel the character of Catherine Barkley is described as very tall, Creator/HelenHayes was a mere five feet tall.
* DisownedAdapatation: Creator/ErnestHemingway hated the film, as he felt it was overly romantic. That didn't stop him, however, from becoming lifelong friends with Creator/GaryCooper, whom he met several years later. In fact, it was Hemingway who would insist that Cooper be cast in the lead of ''Film/ForWhomTheBellTolls'' eleven years later. However, the two made a point of never discussing this film.
* FakeBrit: Creator/HelenHayes as an English nurse.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/FredricMarch was originally set to play the lead, but when he discovered that director John Cromwell was being replaced by Frank Borzage, he refused to do the picture. The part was then given to Creator/GaryCooper.
** Creator/ClaudetteColbert was considered for Catherine Barkley.
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