Home / Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse

Year:

1936

Duration:

141 min

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Awards:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1936-08-29

Filming Locations: Stage 14, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Scotty Beckett

Fredric March

Anthony Adverse

Olivia de Havilland

Angela Guessippi

Donald Woods

Vincent Nolte

Anita Louise

Maria

Edmund Gwenn

John Bonnyfeather

Claude Rains

Don Luis

Louis Hayward

Denis Moore

Gale Sondergaard

Faith

Steffi Duna

Neleta

Akim Tamiroff

Carlo Cibo

Ralph Morgan

Signore Debruille

Fritz Leiber

Ouvrard

Luis Alberni

Tony Guessippi

Billy Mauch

Anthony Adverse at Ten

Henry O'Neill

Father Xavier

Pedro de Cordoba

Brother Francois

George E. Stone

Sancho

Joseph Crehan

Capt. Elisha Jorham

Rafaela Ottiano

Signora Buvino

Rollo Lloyd

Napoleon Bonaparte

Leonard Mudie

De Bourrienne

Marilyn Knowlden

Florence Udney

Mathilde Comont

Cook Guessippi

Eily Malyon

Mother Superior

J. Carrol Naish

Major Doumet (as J. Carroll Naish)

Paul Sotoff

Ferdinando

Frank Reicher

Coach Driver to Paris

Clara Blandick

Mrs. Jorham

Addison Richards

Capt. Matanaza

William Ricciardi

Coachman to Leghorn

Grace Stafford

Lucia

Panchita Acosta

Italian Girl

Sam Appel

Driver

Barlowe Borland

Clerk at Bonnyfeather's

Egon Brecher

Innkeeper

Helen Brown

Lady at Ball

Ann Bupp

Dancer (uncredited)

David Cavendish

Napoleon's Secretary

Davison Clark

Traveler

Dan Colette

Usher

Philip Cooper

Stable Boy

Guy D'Ennery

Maj. Domo

Jean De Briac

Stranger

Carlos De Valdez

Cuban Policeman

Juan Duval

Pietro

Charles Fallon

Traveler

Antonio Filauri

(uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Nun

Brenda Fowler

Midwife at Anthony's Birth

Martin Garralaga

Arab

Marjorie Gateson

(uncredited)

Octavio Giraud

Driver

Robert Graves

Officer

Joe Hachey

Marco

Anne Howard

Angela as a Child (uncredited)

John Lester Johnson

Native Chief

Edward Keane

Officer

Joe King

Captain of Ship to America

Walter Kingsford

(uncredited)

Frank Lackteen

Arab

Mitchell Lewis

White Man Whipping Slave

Alma Lloyd

(uncredited)

Manuel López

Arab

Fred Malatesta

Stranger

Michael Mark

Stage-Door Man

Myra Marsh

Nun

Ray Martin

Young Slave

Billy McClain

Black Slave Being Whipped

Lal Chand Mehra

Arab

Art Miles

Dock Hand at Leghorn

Ferdinand Munier

Doctor at Baths

Ottola Nesmith

Sister Ursula

Boris Nicholai

Courier

Artemus Nigolian

Italian Girl

Claude Payton

Announcer of Guests at Ball (uncredited)

George Reed

Crippled Black Man

Jimmy Robinson

Black Man

Harry Semels

Lottery Celebrant

Frank Shannon

Maj. Domo

Bernard Siegel

Pablo

George Sorel

Footman

Mike Tellegen

Italian Man

Arthur Thalasso

Italian Man

Lotus Thompson

Lady at Ball

Cyril Thornton

(uncredited)

Zeffie Tilbury

Old Woman at Chalet (uncredited)

Vivian Tobin

Lady at Ball

Martin Turner

Black Carriage Driver

Frank Ward

Traveler

Pat Washington

Old Slave

Paul Weigel

Butler

Lottie Williams

Nurse to Anthony's Son

Ernest Wilson

Anthony's Black Slave

Joan Woodbury

Half-Caste Dancing Girl

Did you know?

Trivia

The film required 131 sets, including a 12-acre African compound built on the studio backlot - the largest set which had ever been constructed.

Share this

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.

Share this

This is considered the worst Best Picture nominee with a 13% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Share this

Quotes

Title Card: Those who are destined to live during times of war and social upheaval are victims of cruel fate ~~ unable to find comfort in the past or peace in the present. They are the spiritual orphans of the world. Is this interesting? Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options [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.

Share this

John Bonnyfeather: Sometimes the great house of Bonnyfeather becomes too heavy a burden for one man's shoulders.

Share this

Carlo Cibo: We shall drink to the past, forget the future, and pleasantly live the present!

Share this