Anthony Adverse

film by LeRoy [1936]

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In Mervyn LeRoy: At Warner Brothers in the 1930s: Little Caesar, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, and Gold Diggers of 1933
…given a prestige property with Anthony Adverse (1936), a hugely successful costume drama set in the 18th century and based on the Hervey Allen best seller. Fredric March starred as the globe-trotting hero, and the cast included Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, and Gale Sondergaard, who won the first Oscar…
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