Modern Screen (Aug-Dec 1943)

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4. Pilar calls husband Pablo a coward because he's insiste:' that Robert's plan would cau:e Rebels to hunt them in hills and kill them. 5. Maria spoke of the violence and torture behind her. "When this is over, we'll go home." Robt. said. "You'll be my ife. little rabbit. 6. As Maria talked. Robert could see the horror of that day . . . how Loyalists won town, took vengeance on Rebels with knives and clubs. 9. Pilar and her men diverted the Rebels, killing as many as possible while Robert crept silently toward the bridge to plant the dynamite. 10. He worked deftly, swiftly. In o moment the bridge would rip apart. A second's delay and he'd be crushed, with Rebels, under steel. II. Escaping, Robt. is shot. He insists others leave and take sobbing Maria. He will stay, pick off o few more Rebels while he can. STORY After the long climb, he was tired; he could feel it in the stiffness of his legs and in the muscles of his back where the rucksack lay heavily, slung against the brace of his shoulders. He stopped and the old man ahead of him knew immediately that he had stopped and turned toward him. '"I will carry it from here,'" said the old man. Anselmo. "It is not much farther." The young man, whose name was Robert Jordan, slipped the straps of the rucksack from his shoulders. "No," he said. "I will be only a moment." "I will go ahead," said Anselmo. "I will tell them you are coming. It is not very far." {Continued on page 94) PRODUCTION Author Ernest Hemingway exchanged the rights to his best selling novel for a six-figure certified check from Paramount. The date was October 25, 1940, and Hemingway announced at that time that Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman were his choice for the leads. Took almost two years of high-powered juggling to make his wish come true. Both Bergman and Cooper had other contracts and commitments to fulfill before they were free to take the "Jordan" and "Maria" roles. Before filming began. Producer-director Sam Wood and production designer William Cameron Menzies scouted the country, looking for location sites. Sun Valley was considered. So [Continued on page 101) august, 1943 39