I haven't seen the Anne of Green Gables sequel in years. I have the video somewhere, but can't locate it. Anyway, I was wondering...I can't remember if the characters Davey and Dora were in the movie? (In the books, they are a set of twins, brother and siter, who Marilla and Anne adopt.)
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No, they are never mentioned in the movie. It was probably too hard to add all that stuff in there.
shareNo, Davey and Dora were not in the movie. However if you were a fan of Road to Avonlea which was a series on tv about ten years ago, they did bring the characters into this series. However, it was not really acurate to the book and really couldnt be, considering Anne wasnt even living at green gables anymore. But there were several episodes of Davey and Dora living with Marilla and Rachel at Green Gables.
shareDavey Keith is mentioned as "joining up" in Anne 3. Other than that, he doesn't exist in the anne movies. Just RTA
shareI am glad they wearn't in the movie! Little pesky devils! But then, Sullivan put in Dominic in the 3rd movie...grrr
shareI think if time had have permitted they would have been great to add into the movies. The fact that Anne was able to relatively tame Davey was impressive, I thought. In the movies, she just kind of became a teacher and there wasn't a whole lot of reasoning behind it, but in the book she'd shown a lot of experience with kids and in particular, showing responsibility with Davey. Plus, I'd love to see the scene where Davey lies to Anne and Marilla about Dora going missing.
shareNope. I saw the movie yesterday, first time in over 20 years. After seeing it, I wish that they had only filmed Anne of Avonlea rather than trying to combine ideas from three books for this sequel. I used to love this film as much as the first movie, but now I think that Anne of Green Gables is far superior to this sequel.
If this movie had only been based on Anne of Avonlea & not the next two books, then we would have been treated to Davy and Dora's antics, etc. Instead, we got a bit too much of the Anne-Gilbert dramatics which don't exist in the books. A shame, really.
At least Morgan Harris made up for it all. That man was very attractive.
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JimHutton (1934-79) & ElleryQueen
Actually, aside from the (necessary for the movie considering the length of time since we'd seen him) scene where Gilbert runs into Anne in Kingsport and the scene where Gil "whips" Anne, I honestly thought they did keep pretty close to the Gilbert/Anne interaction between Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island.
You see them as friends, with Gilbert wanting more, and you have that throughout AoA where they interact and it's clear he's pushed a little occasionally with Anne pushing it away and avoiding - i.e. the bicycle chase. This basically is their interaction until Gilbert speaks in AotI where he's just as hurt and upset as he is in the movie. It may have been a touch more drawn out (the whole scene is one afternoon and clearly only lasts a couple hours at the most) but they were using that along with everything else that was happening for Anne to demonstrate the change she's experiencing and how she needed to take the teaching job. Her best friend Diana is getting married, her friend Jane is engaged and going away, Gilbert's no longer the comfortable comrade he had been, Rachel's moving in to Green Gables. Suddenly everything is different, and she needs to get perspective.
As for the two scenes I mention:
The Kingsport scene - we the audience needed that. In the book, Gilbert is always still there in the background and the reader doesn't lose track of him. In the movie? It's been about a year since we saw him, and about an hour or so since we even heard his name mentioned by Ms. Stacey. As a movie plot device, it would be veryyyyy sudden for her to just come home and have everything happen. And, I think, his appearance is a means to wake Anne up and make her reconsider her path at the moment - even if just indirectly.
The "whipping scene" - this is where the movie suffers a bit from combining the story - you get characters missing, combination characters, etc. While the "Whipping" part doesn't happen, Anne does have a discussion with Mr. Harrison that involves "mooning" and "pinching." Only, the movie doesn't include Mr. Harrison - the introudction/cow bit is all Mrs. Lynde and the rest never takes place at all. So, yah.
Honestly? Davey and Dora just wouldn't quite work in this movie. They basically speed through the AoA and AotI to get to Anne of Windy Poplars, and they just don't have a whole lot past AoA that doesn't directly include Anne and can't be easily fulfilled by other characters (letters, etc) I like them well enough in the books, and there is a a MUCH longer version which combines AoA and AotI nicely which includes their story but this movie doesn't really have time for it.
Well, I found that Anne's behaviour in the first part of the film was quite childish. She doesn't behave like that in the books (even when she's first adopted). Those early Anne-Gilbert scenes seemed more like a 1980s drama rather than an adaptation of novels which are set before WWI. She didn't attract attention to herself when Diana got married, and Diana's engagement/wedding wasn't that sudden, either.
The first part of this movie could have been made a bit more fun, with Davey and Dora in the picture, etc. It would have been nice to see more of Avonlea.
Still, the part where she goes away to teach was very well done.
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Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen 🎇
Did both establish careers or get married? I have only read a few books.
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