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Films of L.M. Montgomery's Work

Anne Of Green Gables (1919)

• information from the Internet Movie Database
• Distributed by Realert Films

Anne Of Green Gables (1934)

• 79 min., B&W
• information from the Internet Movie Database
• Distributed by RKO Pictures
• The actress Anne Shirley was previously known as Dawn O'Day but her real name was Dawn Paris.
• P.O Heggie who played Matthew died soon after the film was finished, hence why Matthew lived at the end of this film but was dead by the time the film sequel was made.
• This film is available on video

Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)

• 86 min., B&W
• information from the Internet Movie Database
• Distributed by RKO Pictures
• Lucy Maud Montgomery was paid $150 for the title "The Man Who Wouldn't Talk" which is incorporated in the Anne of Windy Poplars by RKO for the title of a film based on this story.
• Distributed in the United Kingdom as Anne Of Windy Willows

Anne de Green Gables (1957)

• 59 minutes, B&W
• Directed by Jacques Gautier
• Adapted and translated by Jean Hamelin
• Broadcast on "Theatre Populaire", CBFT, Sept. 8, 1957

Anne Of Green Gables (1972)

• 4 hours 40 min.
• BBC Television Serialization in 5 parts. First broadcast Feb. 20, 1972
• Directed by Joan Craft
• Produced by John McRae
• Dramatized by Julia Jones
• Partial cast list:

  Kim Braden.......... Anne Shirley
  Barbara Hamilton.... Marilla Cuthbert
  Elliott Sullivan.... Matthew Cuthbert

Anne Of Avonlea (1975)

• 5 hours 50 min.
• BBC Television Serialization in 6 parts. First broadcast Jan. 26, 1975
• Directed by Joan Craft
• Produced by John McRae
• Dramatized by Elaine Morgan
• Partial cast list:

  Christopher Blake... Gilbert Blythe
  Kim Braden.......... Anne Shirley
  Jan Francis......... Diana Barry
  Barbara Hamilton.... Marilla Cuthbert

I Know A Secret (1982)

• 25 min. Colour
• Directed by Bruce Pittman
• Screenplay by Amy Jo Cooper
• Distributed by Atlantis Films, Toronto
• Adaption of a short story, published in "Good Housekeeping" August 1935, pp.22-25

Anne Of Green Gables (1985)

• 198 minutes, Colour
• information from the Internet Movie Database
• Produced by Sullivan Films, Toronto for CBC TV, Canada
• Available on videotape and DVD
• First Broadcast Dec. 1, 1985 on CBC Television
• This is the film that started the resurgence in Lucy Maud Montgomery's popularity. It was the highest watched non-event television show ever in Canadian history.

Anne Of Gables, The Sequel (1987)

• In the U.S. this is known as "Anne Of Avonlea"
• Available on videotape and DVD
• information from the Internet Movice Database
• Produced by Sullivan Films, Toronto for CBC TV, Canada

Jane of Lantern Hill (1990)

• In the U.S. this is known as "Lantern Hill"
• information from the Internet Movie Database
• Produced by Sullivan Films, Toronto for CBC TV, Canada
• Available on video

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)

• Available on videotape and DVD
• Produced by Sullivan Films, Toronto for CBC TV, Canada
• First broadcast on the CBC in 2000