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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.
The story follows the eponymous protagonist, Anthony Adverse, through several adventures around the world. This includes slave trading in Africa, his business dealings as a plantation owner in New Orleans, and his incarceration and eventual death in Mexico.
Anthony Adverse: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz. With Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise. In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz
- 1936-08-29
Anthony Adverse, historical novel by Hervey Allen, published in 1933. A long, rambling work set in Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the Napoleonic era, Anthony Adverse relates the many adventures of the eponymous hero.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Brief Synopsis. An orphan runs off to a life of adventure, then returns to France in search of the girl he left behind.
- Mervyn Leroy, William Cannon, Art Lueker
- Fredric March
And sometimes it tees up absolute horrors, and "Anthony Adverse" might be the worst yet. Painfully long, agonizingly melodramatic, the film spans a few decades and three continents.
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- Romance
Anthony Adverse, fictional character, hero of the historical novel Anthony Adverse (1933) by Hervey Allen. Adverse is an illegitimate but well-born child and the heir to his wealthy grandfather, under whom he apprentices.
