Plot

Two classic movies on one disc!

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
On a hunting expedition in the wilds of Africa, a famous novelist is gravely injured in an accident. While being tended to for his injuries, and with doubt for his survival, the writer being to recount his life and his missed opportunity for true love. Spending most of his time traveling the world and seeking adventure, he ended up losing the woman he loved and tried to compensate for his loss through his writing, which he found to be unsatisfying though successful.
Director: Henry King
Starring: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner
Run Time: 117 minutes

Affair in Monte Carlo aka 24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
A writer tells a crowd in a café about a woman he knows, who once feel deeply in love with a desperate, compulsive gambler.
Director: Victor Saville
Starring: Leo Genn, Peter Jones, Richard Todd
Run Time: 90 minutes

Related Links

• IMDb Page - The Snows of Kilimanjaro
• IMDb Page - Affair in Monte Carlo

Customer Comments

• Reviewer: Tarheel on 09-Feb-2007

  This was Ava Gardner's second movie based on Ernest Hemingway's novel. She did an exquisite performance combined with sensuality, humor, sadness and just being Ava -- a beauty that cannot be replaced. She had a small part but the most important role in this movie as it affected the character performed by Gregory Peck. He lost her and found her when it was too late; but their love was just as strong when he tried to comfort and save her from thethe injuries she suffered from the tragic bomb attack on he ambulance she was driving. She had fled from him because she thought being with him was holding him back from being a journalist. If she had only waited a little longer, she would have known that his journalistic assignments were of less importance compared to her being with him. She tried to compensate for her leaving him and being with other men by being part of the Spanish war - by driving the wounded to safety. She was wounded but prayed for and was with Gregory Peck in answer to her prayers.
  
  The movie was well directed and the stars (I am biased - sorry) did very well. But, as you can tell from the previous paragraphs, I thought Ms G brought the most drama to the film - here again her persona showed through her character on film. I enjoy seeing the movie repeatedly.

Additional Information

• Country: United States
• Language: English
• Format: NTSC
• Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (standard TV)
• Color: Color
• Sound: 2 channel