Kristoff Bjorgman Even on black and white film Diana’s hair should be black. The original comment is referring to the incorrect casting for the character.
I have always loved Anne of Green Gables. I think it is very sweet, touching, romantic and old-fashioned. It portrays times past when values and character mattered and when tradition and culture were appreciated and honoured and it really touches my sentimental, overly romantic heart. I have never seen this film but I would love to since it seems very good!
+Ivan Walters An earlier silent version of Anne of Green Gables (now lost) actually set the story in the United States and had Anne mistake a skunk for a kitten! It makes me think the producers in both cases read the book and just elected to pick and choose what they wanted (why??). See anneofgreengables.wikia.com/wiki/Read:Is_This_My_Anne.
I love this version ! The actress changed her name to Anne Shirley as her stage name in real life. I appreciate all versions of this movie ! I think Anne Shirley the actress plays Anne of Green Gables perfectly !
Tom Brown (Gilbert) and Anne Shirley aka Dawn O'Day both began their careers in the silent era. They made a cute onscreen couple and they were both talented actors. It's hard not to compare this film to the Sullivan miniseries but it was made in the 1930s and sensibilities were different.
Lucy Marous split ends I think to significantly or represent how she was neglected as a child (no one put in the effort to help her get properly groomed or cared enough about her to teach her how to properly keep her hair healthy) before coming to Green Gables.
This is the second best version after the 1984. The actress was perfect. Not just anyone can play Anne. She reminds me a little of Elizabeth Taylor in Little Women 😊
Hannah Chun it’s interesting you say that, because I actually said earlier “what if Judy Garland had played Anne and Mickey Rooney had played Gilbert”.
I didn't know there was a 1934 version, i only knew about the 1985 version which I love. It makes sense when I think about it though, the book was written in, 1908 i think, so it makes sense that there were earlier screen versions of such a popular series.
Courtney Reeves thank you. This would be my ideal cast... Judy Garland as Anne Shirley Lana Turner (in a black wig), Deanna Durbin, or maybe even Heady Lamar as Diana Mickey Rooney or Jackie Cooper as Gilbert
1:51 That reaction is as hilarious as the 1985 adaptation. However, a single hair pulling hasn't ever done unto her. The novel says otherwise. Also, a Diana Barry being so blondy makes me sigh so hard that I can say "haaai" while doing so.
2:52 gotta like that annoyed smirk that Anne gives Phillips right there. And her erasing all that writing after filling up the whole board. And good thing she corrected his misspelling of her name. That also happens in the 1985 version. Plus, though this doesn't actually happen in both films, there's when, in the original story, Phillips criticized Anne's bad spelling. But here, it should be that due to him spelling her name incorrectly after she had just told him how it's supposed to be spelled: her spelling is bad? What about yours in that regard? You're a Teach and should know how to do these things. That's a comeuppance towards you if I ever saw one.
Omg I know this comment is 2 years old but I was thinking the exact same thing. Though Rob is way better looking and I think they seem to look alike because of their noses, they’re kinda similar
This is pretty much the same as the Megan Follows version, the girl playing Anne in this 30's version sort of looks like Megan Follows too. I still prefer Megan Follows though, she is the only Anne Shirley IMO. :)
Exactly. A lot of this film's plot is what the 1985 version actually copied from this one. So in a way, that version is a remake of this film. I also like both versions.
That crazy moment when that teacher is speaking about my country, and i am listening to him instead of watching Anne and Gilbert....Wow geography of Europe seems to be really different back then
there were actually many versions before the 1985 one. Including a 1979 anime series. I recommend it. It's available on here in Japanese with English subs. And it's known to be the most accurate to the original story.
If you look it up, the actress who played Anne in this version was 15/16 when she played her, so she’s still a teenager (although quite a bit older than she should be) however, the person who played Gilbert was 21...😬
That’s how he was at first in the books though. Even in his first introduction, he was picking on a girl in class. It wasn’t until after Anne smashed her slate over his head that he changed
I was reading a manga about this story and no idea it’s a popular story from a book and has few films. I will go watch all those films if I can find, I have Netflix so I can watch the new one .
Enjoy! You will find that the adaptations are all quite different, though still entertaining. In particular, the 1985 miniseries with Megan Follows is very popular. I recommend reading the book too, since there's a whole series!
It would make sense for Diana to be blonde back then. And Gilbert Blyth In this classic is so handsome. I've seen the later version with Megan Follows I'm it and its wonderful.
Like McHobbit said, Diana was written specifically as a raven haired girl. That's one reason Anne admires her so... because Anne wishes that her hair were black or at least dark brown. To stray that far from the novels is very odd, and I really don't know why it would make so much sense for a girl to be blonde back then than it would during any other era. Maybe I misunderstood what you meant. Anyway the actress who played Diana in the '85 miniseries was perfectly cast, in my opinion. :) I like the Anne and Gilbert in this version and in the '85 version. Overall I prefer the '85 production. :)
I can see what you mean by this. Beauty standards change over the years, and Diana is meant to be conventionally beautiful. In the 1930s, when this movie was made, blonde hair was exactly that.
+Mc Hobbit exactly. Also, Diana having dark hair was too important in the book's storyline to have it be any other color. Anne makes a huge deal out of it.
You've got a point, especially because Anne ends up with green hair because of it. Mind you, if when the movie was made dark hair wasn't considered beautiful, it wouldn't work, because Diana is supposed to be beautiful.
Seriously they couldn't even cast Diana as a brunette??? It's a black-and-white no one would even be able to tell the difference.... But blond? AND light blonde at that too SMH
@@crazysingingchick precisely. If there was one thing Anne hated, it was her red hair being made fun of. And we should be aware of when she lashed out at Mrs. Rachel Lynde for doing the same similar thing to her (in this film, though, she is changed to Mrs. Rachel Barry, Diana's mother. They literally combined both those two characters into one in this film). What Gil did was worse than that part.
Anne of Green gables take place in Canada but was adapted in America's Hollywood so.......... You go figure ideas of beauty don't just change with years but with cultural. Customs .
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Crazy that this movie turns 90 this november.
WHY is Diana's hair blonde??? WHYYYY??????
Kristoff Bjorgman Even on black and white film Diana’s hair should be black. The original comment is referring to the incorrect casting for the character.
uutuber431 what?
Back then, people believed that blonde girls were the prettiest girls. Diana is also supposed to be very pretty
crazysingingchick back then blonde are seen as prettier, Diana is supposed to be pretty, but I agree, Diana is hair black it just doesn’t feels right
Though I prefer the Anne of '85 version, I have to admit that this Anne's really beautiful.
XAVI Yang they all are
@@thegatekeeper8612 Amybeth Anne looks like Mark Zuckerberg in a wig.
@@christie7201 no she does not, AmyBeth is gorgeous
@@ishbel1409 Riiight
They all are really beautiful!
I have always loved Anne of Green Gables. I think it is very sweet, touching, romantic and old-fashioned. It portrays times past when values and character mattered and when tradition and culture were appreciated and honoured and it really touches my sentimental, overly romantic heart. I have never seen this film but I would love to since it seems very good!
Well said!
Why isn't Diana's hair black? Plus Jonathan Crombie really nailed the part of Gilbert? RIP Jonathan Crombie
+Abinash Mishra That was my first thought. Did the producers even read the book first?
+Ivan Walters An earlier silent version of Anne of Green Gables (now lost) actually set the story in the United States and had Anne mistake a skunk for a kitten! It makes me think the producers in both cases read the book and just elected to pick and choose what they wanted (why??). See anneofgreengables.wikia.com/wiki/Read:Is_This_My_Anne.
I agree! Nobody will compare with him!
@@susannahwithanh _angry Lucy Maud Montgomery noises_
Jonathan Crombie portrayed Gilbert better than Tom Brown.
I love how Gilbert just kept the slate around his neck
YES, like Jussie Smollett did .
I love this version ! The actress changed her name to Anne Shirley as her stage name in real life. I appreciate all versions of this movie ! I think Anne Shirley the actress plays Anne of Green Gables perfectly !
Tom Brown (Gilbert) and Anne Shirley aka Dawn O'Day both began their careers in the silent era. They made a cute onscreen couple and they were both talented actors. It's hard not to compare this film to the Sullivan miniseries but it was made in the 1930s and sensibilities were different.
They both would later on star together in a movie called Saturday's Children.
@@d.dorough Tom Brown wasn't in Saturday's Children (1940).
Umm. He didn’t even pull her braid. How is this even Gilbert if he doesn’t pull her braid.
I love the E at the end
Diana shouldn't be blonde! Also what is up with the end of Anne's braids?
Lucy Marous split ends I think to significantly or represent how she was neglected as a child (no one put in the effort to help her get properly groomed or cared enough about her to teach her how to properly keep her hair healthy) before coming to Green Gables.
It's just a bad wig.
She might’ve had curly hair and just didn’t know how to take care of it
This is the second best version after the 1984. The actress was perfect. Not just anyone can play Anne. She reminds me a little of Elizabeth Taylor in Little Women 😊
She looks too old, as she is supposed to be 12. But she is beautiful.
@@eloreen1275Would you have rather exploited child actors then? There’s a reason they aged up those playing younger characters.
Never knew there was a previous version, for me the original one is the 85's, gosh!!....Anyways, I loved this clip and would watch it all the way.
Anne looks more like Dorthey
Hannah Chun yep
Hannah Chun it’s interesting you say that, because I actually said earlier “what if Judy Garland had played Anne and Mickey Rooney had played Gilbert”.
Today is Anne Shirleys (Dawn O'Day although she changed her name to the characters) 100th birthday! Born 17 April 1918!
If the film had been made 10 years later, I bet Elizabeth Taylor would have played Diana.
Her or Ann Blythe
It would have had to be been made 40 years earlier for Elizabeth Taylor to play Diana.
@@gidget4543 Ah, you must have the superb 1985 Sullivan mini-series in mind! But this video is from the 1934 film.
This is so weird, watching them young and beautiful knowing that they are all dead now
Yes, very sad, she was only 16 years old here, died from cigarette smoking lung cancer at 75
woah i must watch this version!
Teacher: It doesnt matter what a person's name is so long as he behaves himself.
Marilla: That's my line!
Yeah and it was supposed to be Jebediah not Hezachia
The 1985 version is the best.
Boy these school age children must have seen some battles! They look like they've aged into their 20s!
Gilbert looks like hes in his 30s lol
I didn't know there was a 1934 version, i only knew about the 1985 version which I love. It makes sense when I think about it though, the book was written in, 1908 i think, so it makes sense that there were earlier screen versions of such a popular series.
Wtf happend to her ends
Hey Alyy Did they have trims back then? Lol
What if Judy Garland played Anne and Mickey Rooney played Gilbert in this adaptation
perfection...
Mickey as Gilbert Blythe? That's a hot one!
Not to be mean but I though Gilbert was supposed to be good-looking?
Courtney Reeves thank you. This would be my ideal cast...
Judy Garland as Anne Shirley
Lana Turner (in a black wig), Deanna Durbin, or maybe even Heady Lamar as Diana
Mickey Rooney or Jackie Cooper as Gilbert
@@klassicalmuzik I like Judy Garland as Anne, Deanna Durbin as Diana or Helen Parrish would have been good, Robert Stack or Jackie Cooper as Gilbert
1:51 That reaction is as hilarious as the 1985 adaptation.
However, a single hair pulling hasn't ever done unto her. The novel says otherwise. Also, a Diana Barry being so blondy makes me sigh so hard that I can say "haaai" while doing so.
2:52 gotta like that annoyed smirk that Anne gives Phillips right there. And her erasing all that writing after filling up the whole board. And good thing she corrected his misspelling of her name. That also happens in the 1985 version.
Plus, though this doesn't actually happen in both films, there's when, in the original story, Phillips criticized Anne's bad spelling. But here, it should be that due to him spelling her name incorrectly after she had just told him how it's supposed to be spelled: her spelling is bad? What about yours in that regard? You're a Teach and should know how to do these things. That's a comeuppance towards you if I ever saw one.
Interesting that the 1985 version is so much like this!
Gilbert looks so much like a young Rob Lowe to me.
verben03 I think he looks like Tommy Kirk.
Omg I know this comment is 2 years old but I was thinking the exact same thing. Though Rob is way better looking and I think they seem to look alike because of their noses, they’re kinda similar
No
Much better than the PBS version shown in 2016. Comes close to the one with Megan Follows.
The 2016 was not pbs it was netflix. PBS was the Megan Follows one.
Anne of Green Gables (1934) - Carrots
Anne of Green Gables set in the late 19th century. Geography lesson described the map of Balkans in 1913. :)
This is pretty much the same as the Megan Follows version, the girl playing Anne in this 30's version sort of looks like Megan Follows too. I still prefer Megan Follows though, she is the only Anne Shirley IMO. :)
I agree
Exactly. A lot of this film's plot is what the 1985 version actually copied from this one. So in a way, that version is a remake of this film. I also like both versions.
@@arenjtumastensI imagine they are both like the books, though I haven’t read them all.
@@suew4609 I have actually read much of the original book.
This is a very good film and the sequel, Anne of Windy Poplars (made in 1940 and featuring the same actress) is superb.
That crazy moment when that teacher is speaking about my country, and i am listening to him instead of watching Anne and Gilbert....Wow geography of Europe seems to be really different back then
Ja 123 - Me too. I was looking at the map when she added the e
Both Anne and Gilbert are very gorgeous in this version ngl
This looks like such fun to watch!! 😀🍿
I never realized that there existed a previous film version of AofGGs made long before the iconic Kevin Sullivan miniseries.
there were actually many versions before the 1985 one. Including a 1979 anime series. I recommend it. It's available on here in Japanese with English subs. And it's known to be the most accurate to the original story.
I Love very much this film ❤ ❤ ❤❤
Nowadays Anne would be expelled from school and the Blythes would sue the Cuthberts for assault and MRI bills.
So fake when older actresses are playing teenagers..Looks so bad.
for what i rmemeber Dianne Barry was "crow black" haired girl...
Jarosław Blaminsky apparently the change of colour is because its black and white tv and it captures colour differently
If you look it up, the actress who played Anne in this version was 15/16 when she played her, so she’s still a teenager (although quite a bit older than she should be) however, the person who played Gilbert was 21...😬
One of the girls is Ann Miller at age 10 or 11.
OMG am sure i prefer Gilbert the 85 version this one is hateful and looks mean 😂😂😂
YES
That’s how he was at first in the books though. Even in his first introduction, he was picking on a girl in class. It wasn’t until after Anne smashed her slate over his head that he changed
Qué hermosa caligrafía del profesor😊.
¡ Ay !
¡ quién lo dijera que así empezaron estos dos !
Don't deal with Anne 😂
1930s movies adapted from classic books are usually pretty wild (See: Jane Eyre with Orson Welles), but this looks like a good movie.
This is even better than the Netflix version.
Girl on her 20's acting as a child! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
She was 16 when she played the role. The same age as Megan Follows when she played Anne in the 1985 miniseries.
1:58 😂👌🏻 best ever
At least Gilbert kept his hands to himself.
I was reading a manga about this story and no idea it’s a popular story from a book and has few films. I will go watch all those films if I can find, I have Netflix so I can watch the new one .
Enjoy! You will find that the adaptations are all quite different, though still entertaining. In particular, the 1985 miniseries with Megan Follows is very popular. I recommend reading the book too, since there's a whole series!
THAT is Mr Phillips??? Did they actually read the book?
It would make sense for Diana to be blonde back then. And Gilbert Blyth In this classic is so handsome. I've seen the later version with Megan Follows I'm it and its wonderful.
How so? Diana has dark hair in the books so nothing about her being blonde makes sense.
Like McHobbit said, Diana was written specifically as a raven haired girl. That's one reason Anne admires her so... because Anne wishes that her hair were black or at least dark brown. To stray that far from the novels is very odd, and I really don't know why it would make so much sense for a girl to be blonde back then than it would during any other era. Maybe I misunderstood what you meant. Anyway the actress who played Diana in the '85 miniseries was perfectly cast, in my opinion. :) I like the Anne and Gilbert in this version and in the '85 version. Overall I prefer the '85 production. :)
I can see what you mean by this. Beauty standards change over the years, and Diana is meant to be conventionally beautiful. In the 1930s, when this movie was made, blonde hair was exactly that.
+Mc Hobbit exactly. Also, Diana having dark hair was too important in the book's storyline to have it be any other color. Anne makes a huge deal out of it.
You've got a point, especially because Anne ends up with green hair because of it. Mind you, if when the movie was made dark hair wasn't considered beautiful, it wouldn't work, because Diana is supposed to be beautiful.
Reminds me an anime version of anne
and the version where I can't hold some part of her imaginations
I've seen that anime series version. It's recently turned 45 this month. And I've watched it on here since last month.
O.P.Reggie was the blind man in Bride of Frankenstein.
He looks so mad lol 😆
where can I find this? I NEED TO WATCH THIS but I can't find it anywhere🥺😩please anyone
0:57 Consider the following.
call her carrots
Eh I like 1984 version better
This is so awkward XD
I love the way she plays the scene, it's just as awkward as it was in the book!
"Anne with an E" brought me here
"Anne Shirley as Anne Shirley"
Try to say that three times
I never thought of Diana with blond hair lol
Algum BR aqui? Sabem se tem legendado em português Brasil?
Me and anne Shirley shared the same birthday 🥺
Me gustaria ver la historia completa pero en español como hago?
No closed captions at all!
I Love Anne 😍😍😍😍
jonathan combrie and diana shirley 1935
Seriously they couldn't even cast Diana as a brunette??? It's a black-and-white no one would even be able to tell the difference.... But blond? AND light blonde at that too SMH
"I'm used the ex-interests of Gilbert Blythe."
(Correct me if I got it wrong.)
"I'm used to the eccentricities of Gilbert Blythe"
@@charcolew Thank you.
estaba re bueno gilbert en esta versión y esta es una película o serie?
Didn't Dian have black hair? Then again this is a film and producers tend to change a lot of things
Esa aula es más bonita que la mayoría de las aulas de Latinoamerica 😭
❤❤❤
Jajaja como le quedó el marco de la pizarra a Gilbert
transform this into color
Where I can see this film plz ?
There's a link in the description! (not dodgy)(I promise)
Mickey Rooney would have made a good Moody Spurgeon. (Although I have had a crush on Mickey, I know he was too short & fair to be Gilbert.)
Mr.phillips face is tiny
She looks like Isla Fisher. 😊
I’m sad that he’s siding pull her braids that was key I think
Is the teacher talking about the first world war!? Heavy subject just a few years after these kids lived through it
Oh my lord, who writes like that anymore. We sure have lost patience, or have we gained spirit?
you mean the handwriting? Why, I was taught that in the 80s. I guess it IS totally dead now save for signing ones name!
Well, the 2017 Anne is so tremendously much better. But I guess everyone had to look Hollywood back then.
I totally disagree. I think this is the most charming version
Na the 85’ movies version is much vetter
This is.... a mess LOL
Far to old actors, as in most (American) early movies.
That’s mean
100 time 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Terrible reason to break the slate. Where's the hair pulling? Don't care for the acting either.
I agree, but you know... Anne did have an unreasonable temper! Lol. ;)
@@crazysingingchick precisely. If there was one thing Anne hated, it was her red hair being made fun of. And we should be aware of when she lashed out at Mrs. Rachel Lynde for doing the same similar thing to her (in this film, though, she is changed to Mrs. Rachel Barry, Diana's mother. They literally combined both those two characters into one in this film). What Gil did was worse than that part.
😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
lol
why is Anne 14?
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2:90
none of da girls in anne of green gables r beautiful
No one. in the whole history of cinema . in the whole history of acting.will ever.and never.nail this role like Megan follows did.
Gilbert Blythe looking thirty
Best is Anne whit an e
This Gilbert looks like a middle aged dude hitting on a teenager. He's not likeable at all like Jonathon Crombie was.
Anne of Green gables take place in Canada but was adapted in America's Hollywood so.......... You go figure ideas of beauty don't just change with years but with cultural. Customs .