Anthony Adverse
US (1936): Adventure/Romance
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. Mervyn LeRoy and Michael Curtiz direct a fine Warner Bros. cast that includes Fredric March (in the title role), Olivia de Havilland, Anita Louise, Edmund Gwenn, Claude Rains, Gale Sondergaard, Akim Tamiroff and Fritz Lieber. (IMDb)
7 nominations, 4 Awards
· Best Supporting Actress 1936: Gale Sondergaard
· Best Cinematography 1936: Tony Gaudio
· Best Film Editing 1936: Ralph Dawson
· Music Scoring Awards (Best Score) 1936: Leo Forbstein (Warner Bros. Studio Music Departmental Head); Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Score
· Best Picture 1936: Henry Blanke, producer (Warner Bros.)
· Interior Decoration 1936: Anton Grot - Art Direction
· Assistant Director 1936: William Cannon