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She's talkative, imaginative, occasionally combative and regularly exhaustive, but redheaded orphan Anne Shirley works her way into the hearts of a Prince Edward Island farm couple—and she'll do the same with you.
A year after its top-notch film of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, RKO scored another box-office hit with this equally admired version of Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 classic.
Adopted by elder siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert (Helen Westley and O.P. Heggie), Anne isn't the able-bodied boy they requested from the orphanage, but they count their blessing anyway. Over time, she endears herself to one and all, particularly best friend Diana Barry (Gertrude Messenger) and romantic interest Gilbert Blythe (Tom Brown).
Most moved by this experience was Anne Shirley, who changed her professional name from Dawn O'Day to that of her Anne of Green Gables title role, going on to become the Oscar-nominated co-star of Stella Dallas as well as leads in The Devil and Daniel Webster and Murder, My Sweet.
Original Release
11/23/1934
US Release
11/23/1934
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Anne Shirley | Anne Shirley |
Tom Brown | Gilbert Blythe |
O.P. Heggie | Matthew Cuthbert |
Helen Westley | Marilla Cuthbert |
Sara Haden | Mrs. Barry |
Murray Kinnell | Mr. Phillips |
Gertrude Messinger | Diana |
Charley Grapewin | Dr. Tatum |
Hilda Vaughn | Mrs. Blewett |
June Preston | The Blewett Little Girl / The Little Blewett Girl |
Directors
Writers
Sam Mintz, Lucy Maud Montgomery
Cast
Name | Character |
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Anne Shirley | Anne Shirley |
Tom Brown | Gilbert Blythe |
O.P. Heggie | Matthew Cuthbert |
Helen Westley | Marilla Cuthbert |
Sara Haden | Mrs. Barry |
Murray Kinnell | Mr. Phillips |
Gertrude Messinger | Diana |
Charley Grapewin | Dr. Tatum |
Hilda Vaughn | Mrs. Blewett |
June Preston | The Blewett Little Girl / The Little Blewett Girl |
Margaret Armstrong | Town Gossip |
Frank Darien | Angus - Station Master |
Bonita Granville | School Girl |
Ben Hall | Oldest School Boy |
Ann Miller | School Girl |
George Offerman Jr. | Herbert Root |
Paul Stanton | Dr. Terry |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kenneth Macgowan | Producer |