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Anthony Adverse (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
141 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1936 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Mervyn LeRoy

Written By:
Hervey Allen
Sheridan Gibney

Actors:
Fredric March ..... Anthony Adverse
Olivia de Havilland ..... Angela Guisseppi
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 Guisseppi
Billy Mauch ..... Anthony Adverse at Ten
Henry O'Neill ..... Father Xavier

Synopsis:

The plot of the epic costume drama follows the globe-trotting adventures of the title character, the illegitimate offspring of Maria Bonnyfeather, the bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged nobleman Marquis Don Luis, and Denis Moore. After he learns of his wife's affair, Don Luis takes her away but Denis tracks them down at an inn, where Don Luis kills him in a duel of swords. Months later Maria dies giving birth to her son at a chalet in the Alps. Don Luis leaves the infant at a convent near Leghorn, Italy, (where the nuns christen him Anthony) and lies to Maria's father, wealthy merchant John Bonnyfeather, telling him that the infant is also dead. Ten years later, completely by coincidence, the child is apprenticed to Bonnyfeather, his real grandfather, who discovers his relationship to the boy but keeps it a secret from him. He gives the boy the surname Adverse in acknowledgement of the difficult life he has led. As an adult, Anthony falls in love with Angela Giuseppe, the cook's daughter, and the couple wed. Soon after the ceremony, Anthony departs for Havana to save Bonnyfeather's fortune. The note Angela leaves Anthony is blown away and he is unaware that she has gone to another city. Instead, assuming he has abandoned her, she pursues a career as an opera singer. Anthony leaves Cuba for Africa, where he becomes corrupted by his involvement with the slave trade. He is redeemed by his friendship with Brother François, and following the friar's death he returns to Italy to find Bonnyfeather has died and his housekeeper, Faith Paleologus (now married to Don Luis), will inherit the man's estate fortune unless Anthony goes to Paris to claim his inheritance. In Paris, Anthony is reunited with his friend, prominent banker Vincent Nolte, whom he saves from bankruptcy by giving him his fortune. Through the intercession of impresario Debrulle, Anthony finds Angela and discovers she bore him a son. She fails to reveal she is Mlle. Georges, a famous opera star and the mistress of Napoleon Bonaparte...

In late 18th century Italy, a beautiful young woman finds herself married to a rich but cruel older man. However, she is in love with another, younger man. When the husband finds out, he kills the lover in a swordfight, and takes his wife on a long trip throughout Europe. Months later, she dies giving birth to a son. The husband leaves the child at a convent, where he is raised until the age of 10; then he is apprenticed to a local merchant, who gives him the name 'Anthony Adverse' because of the adversity in his life. But his adversity has only begun, as fate takes him to Cuba, Africa, and Paris.

In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 25 April, 2013.

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