Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Writer: Sheridan Gibney

From novel: Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen

Music by: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Keywords: Romantic Drama

An orphan is unknowingly apprenticed to his grandfather, then has adventures in Europe, Cuba and Africa in this lengthy adaptation of Hervey Allen's exceedingly long novel. Gale Sondergaard won the first-ever Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and there was also Oscars awarded for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Score. A good film created with a high budget, but it has not aged well and it is difficult to believe it was nominated for Best Picture.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Luis Alberni	Actor	4-Oct-1886	23-Dec-1962	Spanish-American character actor
Scotty Beckett	Actor	4-Oct-1929	10-May-1968	Child star train wreck
Clara Blandick	Actor	4-Jun-1880	15-Apr-1962	Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz
Pedro de Cordoba	Actor	28-Sep-1881	16-Sep-1950	The Ghost Breakers
Olivia de Havilland	Actor	1-Jul-1916		Gone With the Wind
Steffi Duna	Actor	8-Feb-1910	22-Apr-1992	Hungarian-American character actress
Edmund Gwenn	Actor	26-Sep-1875	6-Sep-1959	Miracle on 34th Street
Louis Hayward	Actor	19-Mar-1909	21-Feb-1985	The Man in the Iron Mask
Fritz Leiber	Actor	31-Jan-1882	14-Oct-1949	Shakespearean actor
Anita Louise	Actor	9-Jan-1915	25-Apr-1970	The Little Princess
Fredric March	Actor	31-Aug-1897	14-Apr-1975	The Best Years of Our Lives
Ralph Morgan	Actor	6-Jul-1883	11-Jun-1956	The Kennel Murder Case
J. Carrol Naish	Actor	21-Jan-1896	24-Jan-1973	Sahara
Henry O'Neill	Actor	10-Aug-1891	18-May-1961	Anchors Aweigh
Rafaela Ottiano	Actor	4-Mar-1888	18-Aug-1942	Grand Hotel
Claude Rains	Actor	10-Nov-1889	30-May-1967	The Invisible Man
Addison Richards	Actor	20-Oct-1887	22-Mar-1964	American character actor
Gale Sondergaard	Actor	15-Feb-1899	14-Aug-1985	Anthony Adverse
Akim Tamiroff	Actor	29-Oct-1899	17-Sep-1972	For Whom the Bell Tolls
Donald Woods	Actor	2-Dec-1906	5-Mar-1998	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

CAST

Starring
Fredric March	...   Anthony Adverse
with
Olivia de Havilland	...   Angela Guisseppi
Donald Woods	...   Vincent Nolte
Anita Louise	...   Maria
Edmund Gwenn	...   John Bonnyfeather
Claude Rains	...   Don Luis
Louis Hayward	...   Denis Moore
Gale Sondergaard	...   Faith
Steffi Duna	...   Neleta
Akim Tamiroff	...   Carlo Cibo
Ralph Morgan	...   Debrulle
Fritz Leiber	...   Ouvrard
Luis Alberni	...   Tony Guisseppi
Billy Mauch	...   Anthony Adverse at Ten
Henry O'Neill	...   Fr. Xavier
Pedro de Cordoba	...   Brother François
George E. Stone	...   Sancho
Joseph Crehan	...   Capt. Elisha Jorham
Rafaela Ottiano	...   Signora Buvino
Rollo Lloyd	...   Napoleon Bonaparte
Leonard Mudie	...   De Bourrienne
Marilyn Knowlden	...   Florence Udney
Mathilde Comont	...   Cook Guisseppi
Eily Malyon	...   Mother Superior
J. Carrol Naish	...   Maj. Doumet
Scotty Beckett	...   Anthony's Son
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

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