Anne of Green Gables (1919 film)

Anne of Green Gables
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Desmond Taylor
Written byFrances Marion (scenario)
Based onAnne of Green Gables
1908 novel
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Produced byRealart Pictures
StarringMary Miles Minter
CinematographyHal Young
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 23, 1919 (1919-11-23) (United States)
Running time
60 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Anne of Green Gables is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor. The film was based upon the 1908 novel of the same name by Lucy Maud Montgomery.[1] By 1999, all prints of the film were believed to have been lost.[2][3]

  1. ^ Beauchamp, Cari (1998). Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood. University of California Press. p. 445. ISBN 0-520-21492-7.
  2. ^ Anne of Green Gables at silentera.com
  3. ^ Magill's Survey of Silent Films, Vol 1 A-FLA p.146 edited by Frank N. Magill c.1982 ISBN 0-89356-240-8 (3 book set ISBN 0-89356-239-4)