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Anthony Adverse (1936)
Convent sisters adopt orphan infant boy who was left with gold coins
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The 1936 film "Anthony Adverse" is based on the 1933 historical novel of the same title by Hervey Allen.
Anthony Adverse is an infant in 1773 who is left at a convent of nuns along with some gold coins.
He is the child of a nobleman's young wife and her lover who are both dead.
The convent sisters receive church permission to keep the boy for ten years while a priest takes over
his education. Later Anthony is apprenticed to a merchant. As an adult his work takes him to various
places around the world and a life of adventure and romance.
When the convent takes Anthony a member of the convent enters his name in their log book.
The gold coins which accompanied Anthony are shown on a table.
1. The sister uses a quill pen to sign the book
The gold coins which came with the boy are on the table.
2. A closer look at the coins
They are film prop coins and might be British guinea game tokens.
Cast, Directors, Writers:
Fredric March as Anthony Adverse
Olivia de Havilland as Angela Guisseppi
Edmund Gwenn as John Bonnyfeather
Claude Rains as Marquis Don Luis
Gale Sondergaard as Faith Paleologus
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Writers: Sheridan Gibney, Milton Krims
Based on the 1933 novel Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
Olivia de Havilland as Angela Guisseppi
Edmund Gwenn as John Bonnyfeather
Claude Rains as Marquis Don Luis
Gale Sondergaard as Faith Paleologus
Writers: Sheridan Gibney, Milton Krims
Based on the 1933 novel Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
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