Anthony Adverse (1936) - film review

Adventure / Drama / Romance

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Anthony Adverse is an American romantic film drama first released in 1936, directed by Mervyn LeRoy and Michael Curtiz. The film stars Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise and Edmund Gwenn. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz
Script: Hervey Allen, Sheridan Gibney, Milton Krims
Photo: Tony Gaudio
Music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Cast: 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), Pedro de Cordoba (Brother Francois), George E. Stone (Sancho), Joseph Crehan (Capt. Elisha Jorham), Rafaela Ottiano (Sra. Buvino), Rollo Lloyd (Napoleon Bonaparte), Leonard Mudie (De Bourrienne), Marilyn Knowlden (Florence Udney), Mathilde Comont (Sra. Guiseppe), Eily Malyon (Mother Superior Maria José), J. Carrol Naish (Maj. Doumet), Scotty Beckett (Anthony Adverse Jr.), Paul Sotoff (Ferdinando), Frank Reicher (Coach driver to Paris), Clara Blandick (Mrs. Jorham), Addison Richards (Capt. Matanaza), William Ricciardi (Coachman to Leghorn), Grace Stafford (Lucia), Panchita Acosta (Italian girl), Sam Appel (Driver), Barlowe Borland (Clerk at Bonnyfeather’s), Egon Brecher (Innkeeper), Helen Brown (Lady at ball), Ann Bupp (Dancer), David Cavendish (Napoleon’s secretary), Davison Clark (Traveler), Dan Colette (Usher), Philip Cooper (Stable Boy), Jean De Briac (Stranger), Guy D’Ennery (Maj. Domo), Carlos De Valdez (Cuban policeman), Juan Duval (Pietro), Charles Fallon (Traveler), Antonio Filauri, Bess Flowers (Nun), Brenda Fowler (Midwife at Anthony’s birth), Martin Garralaga (Arab), Marjorie Gateson, Octavio Giraud (Driver), Robert Graves (Officer), Joe Hachey (Marco), Anne Howard (Angela as a child), John Lester Johnson (Native chief), Edward Keane (Officer), Joe King (Captain of ship to America), Walter Kingsford, Frank Lackteen (Arab), Mitchell Lewis (White man whipping slave), Alma Lloyd, Manuel López (Arab), Fred Malatesta (Stranger), Michael Mark (Stage-door man), Myra Marsh (Nun), Ray Martin (Young slave), Billy McClain (Black slave being whipped), Lal Chand Mehra (Arab), Art Miles (Dock hand at Leghorn), Ferdinand Munier (Doctor at baths), Ottola Nesmith (Sister Ursula), Boris Nicholai (Courier), Artemus Nigolian (Italian girl), Claude Payton (Announcer of guests at ball), George Reed (Crippled black man), James ’Hambone’ Robinson (Black man), Harry Semels (Lottery celebrant), Frank Shannon (Maj. Domo), Bernard Siegel (Pablo), George Sorel (Footman), Mike Tellegen (Italian man), Arthur Thalasso (Italian man), Lotus Thompson (Lady at ball), Cyril Thornton, Zeffie Tilbury (Old woman at chalet), Vivian Tobin (Lady at ball), Martin Turner (Black carriage driver), Frank Ward (Traveler), Pat Washington (Old slave), Paul Weigel (Butler), Lottie Williams (Nurse to Anthony’s son), Ernest Wilson (Anthony’s black slave), Joan Woodbury (Half-caste dancing girl)
Country: USA
Language: English / Italian
Runtime: 141 min; B&W

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