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Anthony Adverse

  • 19361936
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 21m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.8K
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Olivia de Havilland and Fredric March in Anthony Adverse (1936)
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AdventureDramaRomance

In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.

IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
44,604
9,489
  • Directors
    • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Michael Curtiz(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Hervey Allen(by)
    • Sheridan Gibney(screen play)
    • Milton Krims(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Fredric March
    • Olivia de Havilland
    • Donald Woods
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Michael Curtiz(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Hervey Allen(by)
    • Sheridan Gibney(screen play)
    • Milton Krims(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Fredric March
    • Olivia de Havilland
    • Donald Woods
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 38User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 4 Oscars
      • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Olivia de Havilland and Fredric March in Anthony Adverse (1936)
    Olivia de Havilland and Fredric March in Anthony Adverse (1936)
    Olivia de Havilland and Fredric March in Anthony Adverse (1936)
    Fredric March in Anthony Adverse (1936)
    Olivia de Havilland in Anthony Adverse (1936)
    Anita Louise in Anthony Adverse (1936)
    Scotty Beckett and Fredric March in Anthony Adverse (1936)
    Scotty Beckett and Fredric March in Anthony Adverse (1936)
    Olivia de Havilland and Fredric March in Anthony Adverse (1936)
    Claude Rains and Gale Sondergaard in Anthony Adverse (1936)
    Olivia de Havilland and Fredric March in Anthony Adverse (1936)
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    Fredric March
    Fredric March
    • Anthony Adverse
    Olivia de Havilland
    Olivia de Havilland
    • Angela Guisseppi
    Donald Woods
    Donald Woods
    • Vincent Nolte
    Anita Louise
    Anita Louise
    • Maria
    Edmund Gwenn
    Edmund Gwenn
    • John Bonnyfeather
    Claude Rains
    Claude Rains
    • Don Luis
    Louis Hayward
    Louis Hayward
    • Denis Moore
    Gale Sondergaard
    Gale Sondergaard
    • Faith
    Steffi Duna
    Steffi Duna
    • Neleta
    Billy Mauch
    Billy Mauch
    • Anthony Adverse at ten
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • Carlo Cibo
    Ralph Morgan
    Ralph Morgan
    • Debruille
    Henry O'Neill
    Henry O'Neill
    • Father Xavier
    Pedro de Cordoba
    Pedro de Cordoba
    • Brother Francois
    George E. Stone
    George E. Stone
    • Sancho
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Tony Guisseppi
    Fritz Leiber
    Fritz Leiber
    • Ouvrard
    Joseph Crehan
    Joseph Crehan
    • Capt. Elisha Jorham
    • Directors
      • Mervyn LeRoy
      • Michael Curtiz(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Hervey Allen(by)
      • Sheridan Gibney(screen play)
      • Milton Krims(dialogue) (screenplay) (uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Gale Sondergaard. NOTE: She won a "Best Supporting Actress" Academy Award (which was a new category).
    • Goofs
      During the duel between Don Luis and Denis Moore, the sword wielded by Moore was "unbated", i.e. his fencing foil was blunted with a protective guard on the tip.
    • Quotes

      [first title card]

      Title Card: Those who are destined to live during times of war and social upheaval are victims of cruel fate ~~ unable to find comfort in the past or peace in the present. They are the spiritual orphans of the world.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Making of a Great Motion Picture (1936)
    • Soundtracks
      I'll Wait For You My Love (Angela's Song)
      (uncredited)

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Lyrics by Howard Koch (uncredited)

      Sung by Carol Ellis (uncredited)

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    Relic for Cinema's Treasure Chest
    Hervey Allen (1889-1949) spun quite an elaborate, sweeping 18th-19th century yarn in the form of a gigantic novel, published in 1933, called "Anthony Adverse." It became a best-seller, and three years later Warner Bros. brought it to the screen, directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

    The film was very long, comprehensive, and romanitc, in Allen's quasi-Dumas-Dickens-Tolstoy style.

    Heading the cast were four of the screen's finest actors, leading players Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland; and supporting character players Claude Rains and Gale Sondergaard.

    Providing the musical score was the legendary Eric Wolfgang Korngold (with orchestrations by Hugo Friedhofer) and classic masque and operatic excerpts by Monteverdi and Francetti.

    The 141-minute film today seems much longer than it is, as we follow Anthony's detailed "adventures" in Europe, Cuba, and Africa, with America targeted as a final future destination. The whole production, which was considered of blockbuster size in 1933 (and still looks impressive), emerges more like a historic relic that is occasionally pulled from a treasure cabinet, to observe and ponder.

    The whole feel of the film now seems dated and out-of-fashion, but then that's what most memorabilia is. It's merely dusted it off, polished, felt for the moment, then replaced along side other treasured pieces from the past.
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    • Release date
      • October 22, 1936 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Carev pustolov
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 15, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Budget
      • $1,050,500 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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