Anne of Green Gables (1956 film)

Anne of Green Gables
Directed by	Donald Harron
Produced by	Norman Campbell
Written by	James Costigan Donald Harron Lucy Maud Montgomery
Starring	Sharon Acker Pegi Brown Margot Christie
Music by	Norman Campbell
Distributed by	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Release dates	4 March 1956 (Canada)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Anne of Green Gables (1956) is a Canadian television film directed by Don Harron. The film was based upon the novel, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

The film was produced for CBC Television, which also commissioned the more famous 1985 film adaptation.

Cast

The Anne of Green Gables series by L. M. Montgomery

Characters	Anne Shirley Gilbert Blythe Walter Blythe

Original novels	Anne of Green Gables (1908) Anne of Avonlea (1909) Anne of the Island (1915) Anne of Windy Poplars (1936) Anne's House of Dreams (1917) Anne of Ingleside (1939) Rainbow Valley (1919) Rilla of Ingleside (1921)

Companion books	Chronicles of Avonlea (1912) Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920) Before Green Gables (authorised prequel by Budge Wilson, 2008) The Blythes Are Quoted (2009)

Films	Anne of Green Gables (1919) Anne of Green Gables (1934) Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) Anne of Green Gables (1956) Anne of Green Gables (1985) Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) Anne: Journey to Green Gables (2005) Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008) L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables (2016)

Television series	Anne of Green Gables (1972) Anne of Avonlea (1975) Anne of Green Gables (1979) Road to Avonlea (1990-1996) Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series (2000) Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables (2009) Anne (2017)

Stage	Anne of Green Gables: The Musical (since 1965) Anne & Gilbert (since 2005)

Related articles	Avonlea Green Gables

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