Anne of Green Gables is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor.

[2][3] As described in a film magazine,[4] Anne Shirley (Minter), whose time as an orphan has been a lively one due to her natural mischievousness, is sent by mistake to the home of Marilla Cuthbert (Harris) and her brother Matthew (Burton).

When Anne has graduated from high school and is happily looking forward to college, Matthew dies and Marilla is struck blind.

Despite the ill luck that continues to follow her, Anne manages to save enough and pays for an operation that restores Marilla's vision.

Afterward, Anne brandished a shotgun to fend off an angry mob that congregated at her schoolhouse door on the child's behalf.

[7] Lucy Maud Montgomery, who wrote the original novel, was infuriated with the many liberties the film took with her characters, including changing Anne from a Canadian to an American.

[10] He declared Dedham, Massachusetts, to be the "quaint New England village" they were looking for, but choosing the Fairbanks House as the title home was an odd choice as it did not resemble the Nova Scotian farmhouse that served as the inspiration.

[16] A picnic was held at the Fairbanks House for the film crew after production finally ended in August, having been delayed by an unusually rainy summer.