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Anthony Adverse (1936)
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Overview
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
Rated NR | Length 141 minutes
Actors
Fredric March | Olivia de Havilland | Donald Woods | Anita Louise | Edmund Gwenn | Claude Rains | Louis Hayward | Gale Sondergaard | Steffi Duna | Billy Mauch | Akim Tamiroff | Ralph Morgan | Henry O'Neill | Pedro de Cordoba | George E. Stone | Luis Alberni | Fritz Leiber | Joseph Crehan | Rafaela Ottiano | Bess Flowers | Joan Woodbury | Eily Malyon | Leonard Mudie | Marilyn Knowlden | J. Carrol Naish | Scotty Beckett | Clara Blandick | Addison Richards | Grace Stafford | Frank Reicher | William Ricciardi | Rollo Lloyd | Mathilde Comont | Paul Sotoff | Martin Turner