Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) Anne Shirley 480p

Drama | Romance | USA | B&W | 82min Cast: Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Henry Travers, Patrick Knowles, Slim Summerville, Elizabeth Patterson, Ethel Griffies, Louise Campbell, Joan Carroll, Katharine Alexander, Clara Blandick, Alma Kruger Anne Shirley, now betrothed to Gilbert Blythe, takes a teaching position in a prestigious school far from her home on Prince Edward Island. While she is quickly accepted by her host family, the rest of the town, headed by the clannish Pringle family, refuses to accept her, on the orders of the head of the Pringle family, Hester Pringle (Ethel Griffies). Based on the novel of the same name by Lucy Maud Montgomery. A sequel to the 1934 film Anne of Green Gables, it features Anne Shirley (previously billed as Dawn O'Day) returning from the first film in the title role.