 In 1957, she starred as the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the historical drama "The Barretts of Wimpole Street", based on the 1930 play by Rudolf Besier.She followed this with a lead in the Ernest Hemingway adaptation "A Farewell to Arms" (1957), opposite Rock Hudson.The film received mixed reviews, with "Variety" noting that "the relationship between Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones never takes on real dimensions."