IMDb >
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Watch It
Buy it at Amazon
Rent it at blockbuster.com
Discuss in Boards More at IMDb Pro Add to My Movies Update Data
BETA
Discuss in Boards More at IMDb Pro Add to My Movies Update Data
Quicklinks
Top Links
trailers and videosfull cast and crewtriviaofficial sitesmemorable quotesOverview
main detailscombined detailsfull cast and crewcompany creditstv scheduleAwards & Reviews
user commentsexternal reviewsnewsgroup reviewsawardsuser ratingsparents guiderecommendationsmessage boardPlot & Quotes
plot summaryplot synopsisplot keywordsAmazon.com summarymemorable quotesFun Stuff
triviagoofssoundtrack listingcrazy creditsalternate versionsmovie connectionsFAQOther Info
merchandising linksbox office/businessrelease datesfilming locationstechnical specslaserdisc detailsDVD detailsliterature listingsNewsDeskPromotional
taglines trailers and videos posters photo galleryExternal Links
showtimesofficial sitesmiscellaneousphotographssound clipsvideo clipsAnthony Adverse (1936) More at IMDbPro »
| Photos (see all 3 | slideshow) |
Overview
User Rating:
Release Date:
29 August 1936 (USA) morePlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Relic for Cinema's Treasure Chest moreCast
(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 |
Additional Details
Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
141 minCountry:
USAColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USAFun Stuff
Trivia:
Humphrey Bogart tested for the role of Napoleon; Bette Davis and Kitty Carlisle were among the many others who auditioned for roles. moreQuotes:
[first lines]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.
more
Soundtrack:
Orfeo (Opera in Leghorn) moreFAQ
This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.more
Message Boards
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Anthony Adverse (1936)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
|---|---|
| Anthony Adverse | digitaldiva |
| Gale Sondergaard's performance | jrhpax |
| When is this title to be released on DVD? | zendragon77 |
Recommendations
If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends:
Show more recommendations
|
|
|
|
|
| Gone with the Wind | Giant | Big Fish | Ben-Hur | Barry Lyndon |
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
Related Links
| Full cast and crew | Company credits | External reviews |
| IMDb Adventure section | IMDb USA section | Add this title to MyMovies |




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.