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29 August 1936 (USA)
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In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 4 Oscars.
Another 3 nominations
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Anthony Adverse- Anatomy of a Film on a Downward Spiral **1/2
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Fredric March | ... | Anthony Adverse |
 | Olivia de Havilland | ... | Angela Guiseppe |
 | Donald Woods | ... | Vincent Nolte |
| Anita Louise | ... | Maria |
| Edmund Gwenn | ... | John Bonnyfeather |
 | Claude Rains | ... | Marquis Don Luis |
| Louis Hayward | ... | Denis Moore |
| Gale Sondergaard | ... | Faith Paleologus |
| Steffi Duna | ... | Neleta |
| Akim Tamiroff | ... | Carlo Cibo |
| Ralph Morgan | ... | Signore De Bruille |
| Fritz Leiber | ... | Ouvrard |
| Luis Alberni | ... | Tony Guiseppe |
| Billy Mauch | ... | Anthony Adverse, at 10 |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Father Xavier |
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141 min
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Film debut of Gale Sondergaard, who won a "Best Supporting Actress" Academy Award (which was a new category).
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Marquis Don Luis: I dare say you wish you'd never left Versailles. You had a very pleasant time at court with those gallant young officers. With one in particular, I recall.
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Marquis Don Luis: I dare say you wish you'd never left Versailles. You had a very pleasant time at court with those gallant young officers. With one in particular, I recall.
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Referenced in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990) (TV)
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La Marseillaise
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Anthony Adverse was nominated for best picture of 1936! This is really hard to believe. What's even more difficult to fathom is that Gale Sondergaard was voted best supporting actress for her portrayal of Faith Paleologus, a vicious, cunning, sinister woman. This was Sondergaard's first film and she would begin her long career playing such evil parts.
The movie started out interesting enough as Claude Rains killed Louis Hayward, (Denis) the lover of Maria ( a beautiful Anita Louise.) Rains, a Spanish diplomat, was married to Maria. Hayward and Maria conceived their child only for Maria to die in childbirth.
Maria's father, Mr. Bonnyfeather, was admirably played by Edmund Gwenn. When I read the book, I knew that the part of Bonnyfeather would be played by Gwenn. He was perfect for the part.
Rains conveniently drops off the baby to a convent. The child grows up to be played by Fredric March and he becomes an apprentice to Bonnyfeather, not realizing that this is his grandfather. Faith is the housekeeper to Bonnyfeather who shall inherit his money providing that Anthony is out of the way.
The picture becomes uneven and even starts to drag when Anthony is sent to Africa to recover his grandfather's fortune. It is there that he is drawn into the slave trade.
The ending of the film is a real downer. It just goes to show you that unhappiness seems to be inherited as well.