
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is taken into the lives of a generous farmer and his sister. She grows from an adventuresome young lass into a charming and much sought-after young lady.

Lucy Maud Montgomery, Frances Marion
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The Alchemy of Imagination and Belonging When Frances Marion adapted Lucy Maud Montgomery's seminal novel for the screen in 1919, she performed cinematic alchemy – transmuting ink into light, paragraphs into photoplay. Director William Desmond Taylor and star Mary Miles Minter conjure a Prince Edward Island that exis...

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William Desmond Taylor

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" The Alchemy of Imagination and Belonging When Frances Marion adapted Lucy Maud Montgomery's seminal novel for the screen in 1919, she performed cinematic alchemy – transmuting ink into light, paragraphs into photoplay. Director William Desmond Taylor and star Mary Miles Minter conjure a Prince Edward Island that exists simultaneously as tangible farmland and metaphysical dreamscape. The camera doesn't merely document Anne Shirley's journey; it becomes her accomplice in re-enchanting the world...."


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