Name Legally Adopted
maintaining its position as a leading best seller for twenty-six years, “Anne of Green Gables” has been brought to the screen by RKO Radio as a parallel to that other classic of early youth, “Little Women.” “Anne of Green Gables” brings a new favourite and a new name to the screen. Anne Shirley is the heroine in the film, played by Anne Shirley. The name was legally
adopted by the actress when she won the role'that hundreds of other Hollywood girls had sought. Formerly known as Dawn O’Day, the new Anne Shirley is sixteen years old. Despite her youth, she is a screen veteran, having made her debut before the cameras at the age of three. Tom Brown plays the leading role opposite Miss Shirley and others in the cast include Helen Westley, Q. P. Heggie, Sara Haden and .Gertrude Messenger,
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 115, 8 February 1935, Page 16
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144Name Legally Adopted Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 115, 8 February 1935, Page 16
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