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The Snows of Kilimanjaro DVD

Ernest Hemingway could never come to terms with Hollywood's preoccupation with The Happy Ending: he accepted the money for the screen rights to his short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro, but he could never bring himself to watch it. Gregory Peck plays a character based, in decidedly unflattering fashion, on Hemingway crony F. Scott Fitzgerald. While hunting in the African mountains in the company of his faithful lady friend Susan Hayward, Peck is seriously wounded; in fact, it doesn't look as though he'll survive the night. In the few hours he has left, Peck reflects upon what he considers a wasted life. Having aspired to be the Great American Novelist, Peck has only turned out money-making drivel. The only time that he truly felt as though he'd made a contribution to the world was when he fought on the Loyalist side in Spain (this element isn't in the short story, but is drawn from Hemingway's own experiences). As for his lost romance with his late wife Ava Gardner, Peck still cannot figure out what went wrong. The Hemingway original ended with the Peck character dying from his wounds; producer Darryl F. Zanuck wouldn't hear of this, preferring that Peck survive with the resolve to write something of lasting value. The Technicolor location photography of Leon Shamroy and the rumbling musical score of Bernard Herrmann are the main attractions of The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Cast
Gregory Peck  - Harry Street
Susan Hayward  - Helen
Ava Gardner  - Cynthia
Hildegarde Neff  - Countess Liz
Leo G. Carroll  - Uncle Bill
Torin Thatcher  - Johnson
Ava Norring  - Beatrice
Helene Stanley  - Connie
Marcel Dalio  - Emile
Vincente Gomez  - Guitarist
Leonard Carey  - Dr. Simmons
Paul Thompson  - Witch Doctor
Emmett E. Smith  - Molo
Victor Wood  - Charles
Bert Freed  - American Soldier
Janine Grandel  - Annette
John Dodsworth  - Compton
Charley Bates  - Harry at Age 17
Lisa Ferraday  - Vendeuse
Maya Van Horn  - Princess
Ivan Lebedeff  - Marquis
Edward Colmans  - Clerk
George Navarro  - Stretcher Bearer
George Davis  - Servant
Richard Arlen  - Spanish Dancer
Julian Rivero  - Old Waiter
Salvador Baguez   
Martin Garralaga  - Spanish Officer

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