Anne of Green Gables (1919)

Directors

William Desmond Taylor

Cast

Mary Miles Minter, Paul Kelly, Marcia Harris, Frederick Burton, Carolyn Lee

The story

As described in a film magazine, Anne Shirley, whose time as an orphan has been a lively one due to her natural mischievousness, is sent by mistake to the home of Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew. The brother and sister had sought to adopt a boy to help around their farm, but decide to keep Anne anyway. Her early youth is a series of misfortunes or "scrapes." During this time she meets Gilbert Blythe and their love for each other begins.

Genres

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