Film debut of Gale Sondergaard, who won a "Best Supporting Actress" Academy Award (which was a new category).Milton Krims wanted onscreen credit for his work on the screenplay, but the studio denied his request.
The miniatures that Fred Jackman built for the Port Royal set in Captain Blood (1935) were reused in this movie.
Humphrey Bogart tested for the role of Napoleon; Bette Davis and Kitty Carlisle were among the many others who auditioned for roles.
The film required 131 sets, including a 12-acre African compound built on the studio backlot - the largest set which had ever been constructed.
William Dieterle had been promised the directing job, which instead went to Mervyn LeRoy (Harry M. Warner's son-in-law).
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.
Cast of Anthony Adverse
Fredric March ..... Anthony Adverse
Olivia de Havilland ..... Angela Giuseppe
Donald Woods ..... Vincent Nolte
Anita Louise ..... Maria
Edmund Gwenn ..... John Bonnyfeather
Claude Rains ..... Marquis Don Luis
Gale Sondergaard ..... Faith Paleologus
Akim Tamiroff ..... Carlo Cibo
Pedro de Cordoba ..... Brother François
Louis Hayward ..... Denis Moore
Ralph Morgan ..... Debrulle
Henry O'Neill .... Father Xavier
Billy Mauch ..... Anthony Adverse (age 10)
No comments:
Post a Comment