He wanted Hemingway to replace John Dos Passos as screenwriter, since Dos Passos had left the project when his friend José Robles was arrested and later executed.
Ai donte që Hemingway të zëvendësonte John Dos Passos si skenarist, pasi Dos Passos e kishte lënë projektin kur shoku i tij José Robles u arrestua dhe u ekzekutua më vonë.