“Anthony Adverse” Boasts International Cast

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 22, 27 January 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)

“Anthony Adverse” Boasts International Cast

FAMOUS NOVEL FILMED ON COLOSSAL SCALE (Regent: Screening Soon). Tlie cast of ‘ 4 Anthony Adverse,'' Warner Bros, picture, is a sort oi roil call of the nations with England, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Ireland, Denmark, America ana Canada represented. Varied types are required in a story that is laid in five different countries on rour continents, with nearly a hundred speaking parts. England is represented by Edmund Gwenn, Claude Rains, Louis Hayward, and Leonard Mudie; Denmark by Gale Sondergaard; Spain by Luis Alberni; Ireland by Henry O’Neill; Russia by Akim Tainiroff! Canada by Donald Woods; France by Matilde Comont; Italy by Rafaela Ottiano; and America by Frederic March, Olivia do Havilanld and Anita Louise.

“Anthony Adverse” is a dynamic production, filmed on a colossal scale from the famous novel by Hervey Allen. March has the stellar rolo in a cast of 8 speaking parts and 2,550 extra players. Mervyn Leßoy directed the picture from the screen play by Sheridan Gibney. Opera sequences were staged by Natale Carossio. Mr Allen put his stamp of approval on all the players from Mr March down. He was particularly pleased because he believed other noted actors and actresses selected had the talent to imako his characters come to life, right ; out of the book.