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Category Archives: Essays
Anne’s Irish Connections
March 15, 2013/
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With St. Patrick’s Day coming I started wondering if it was actually the luck of the Irish that brought Anne to Green Gables.
The Oscar goes to… the spunky Redhead
This past weekend an Oscar was awarded to a film about a spunky young redhead. No, not Anne of Green Gables; Brave. In your opinion, how does Merida compare to Anne Shirley?
Classic Anne Quotes in a Holiday Context
Anne Shirley says a lot of wonderful things. Inadvertently a number of Anne’s quotes sum up the holiday season.
Anne in Cinema: 1930s
June 22, 2012/
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This is a Theatre Notice Bill from the screening of the 1934 George Nichols Jr. film Anne of Green Gables. The film became a smash hit that year, and succeeded in becoming one of four top grossing films that RKO made that year.
Horsing Around on Set
June 13, 2012/
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A key period element in all of the Anne of Green Gables films is the many horses that appear in them.
Anne Shirley’s Imagination vs. Reality
May 23, 2012/
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Anne’s sense of imagination is prominent throughout the entire series – right from the beginning straight through to the end. Her taste for eccentric fantasies sometimes got her in trouble – but it also fascinated others, especially when her imagination began to grow with maturity. It can’t be denied – sometimes Anne’s wild imagination carried her into dramatic situations. As Anne’s character grew up, her management of her wild imagination compared to reality grew up too, creating for exciting, theatrical, and melodramatic climaxes all through the series. “When you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worthwhile.”
Anne’s Long Journey to Green Gables
January 31, 2012/
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Perhaps the most memorable sequence of all the Anne films is Anne’s journey from the train station to Green Gables with Matthew. On screen, this wonderful scene flows seamlessly from one shot to the next as though we were watching it unfold in real time. The reality however, is that the scene took months to complete using multiple locations in Ontario and P.E.I. and Richard Farnsworth wasn’t even in several of the shots.
Building the Devastation of War
January 13, 2012/
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When I first read the script for “Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story” my first thought was: “How are we going to do this?” Finding period locations is difficult enough but finding an entire bombed out French village in Southern Ontario is impossible. The only way to convincingly depict a village devastated by war would be to build it… but where?
Heroine’s Bookshelf Guest Blog II: Why I Love Anne of Green Gables
Having literally written the book on literary heroines, I have a lot of explaining to do. Why did you choose the women you wrote about? How did you decide your favorites?
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