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Anthony Adverse 1936

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 141 min

genre: historical

director: Mervyn LeRoy

Score: 4 / 10

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.

Plot

In 1773, young Scottish beauty Maria Bonnyfeather is the new bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged Spanish Marquis Don Luis. The consummation of their marriage is postponed until he is cured of gout at a famous spa. Meanwhile, Maria's true love, Denis Moore, follows them and stays near their château. While the marquis is away taking the cure, they meet in the woods, and after 3 months Maria tells him she is carrying his child. The marquis returns home, cured, and Maria is horrified at what awaits her. The lovers plan to flee that night, but the marquis discovers Maria waiting for Denis. Don Luis takes her away, but Denis pursues them to an inn, where Don Luis treacherously kills him in a sword duel.

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author	Sheridan Gibney
award	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
contentLocation	Havana Italy Paris
director	Mervyn LeRoy Michael Curtiz
editor	Ralph Dawson
genre	adventure drama historical
keywords	abandon alp anthony the great atlantic slave trade better life chalet convent crucify cure diamond necklace empress joséphine foundling foundling wheel giving birth horrify impresario inherit italian alps joséphine kill leghorn livorno mademoiselle georges marguerite georges napoleon bonaparte opera star pongo river search shadow sing slave girl slave trade slave trading sword duel trading post true love wait want
musicBy	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
producer	Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner
productionCompany	Warner Bros. Pictures
publisher	Warner Bros. Pictures