--- title: 'Anthony Adverse (1936)' type: 'film' director: 'Michael Curtiz' released: '1936-01-01' runtime_minutes: 141 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/anthony-adverse-1936' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027300/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Anthony Adverse (1936) 1936 · 141 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis Anthony Adverse is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Hervey Allen's 1933 historical novel, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent as an infant, Anthony comes of age in the tumultuous turn of the 18th to the 19th century, the age of Napoleon. The audience is privy to many truths in Anthony's life, including the tragic story of his origins and the fact that the wealthy merchant who adopts him is his grandfather. Most important of all, Anthony believes that his beloved Angela abandoned him without a word, when in fact she left a note telling him that the theatrical troupe was going to Rome. The gust of wind that blows the note away is one of many fateful and fatal events in Anthony's story. ## Credits - **Director:** [Michael Curtiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-curtiz), [Mervyn LeRoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-leroy) - **Screenplay:** [Sheridan Gibney](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheridan-gibney) - **Original Music Composer:** [Erich Wolfgang Korngold](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-wolfgang-korngold) - **Producer:** [Jack Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-warner), [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis) - **Director of Photography:** [Tony Gaudio](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-gaudio) - **Editor:** [Ralph Dawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-dawson) ## Cast - [Rollo Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/rollo-lloyd) - [Donald Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-woods) - [George E. Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-e-stone) - [Joan Woodbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-woodbury) - [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff) - [Anita Louise](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-louise) - [Billy and Bobby Mauch](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-and-bobby-mauch) - [Gale Sondergaard](https://cinepixo.com/people/gale-sondergaard) - [Leonard Mudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mudie) - [Luis Alberni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-alberni) - [Mathilde Comont](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathilde-comont) - [Marilyn Knowlden](https://cinepixo.com/people/marilyn-knowlden) - [Clara Blandick](https://cinepixo.com/people/clara-blandick) - [Addison Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/addison-richards) - [Fredric March](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredric-march) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/anthony-adverse-1936 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1305647); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.