Trivia for
Anthony Adverse (1936) More at IMDbPro »

• Film debut of Gale Sondergaard, who won a "Best Supporting Actress" Academy Award (which was a new category).
  
  
• Milton Krims wanted onscreen credit for his work on the screenplay, but the studio denied his request.
  
  
• The miniatures that Fred Jackman built for the Port Royal set in Captain Blood (1935) were reused in this movie.
  
  
• Warner Bros. paid $40,000 for the screen rights to the 1200-page novel.
  
  
• Humphrey Bogart tested for the role of Napoleon; Bette Davis and Kitty Carlisle were among the many others who auditioned for roles.
  
  
• The film required 131 sets, including a 12-acre African compound built on the studio backlot - the largest set which had ever been constructed.
  
  
• William Dieterle had been promised the directing job, which instead went to Mervyn LeRoy (Harry M. Warner's son-in-law).
  
  
• The opera being performed in Paris, "The Duchess of Ferrara", is not a real opera; the poster outside identifies the composer as Aldo Franchetti, who plays the conductor in the opera scene.
  
  

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