Editing Anthony Adverse (section)

==Cultural references==

The initial theme of the second movement of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's [[Violin Concerto (Korngold)|violin concerto]] was drawn from the music he composed for the film.

English singer [[Julia Gilbert]] adopted the name of the film's main character when recording for the London-based [[Él records|él]] record label in the late 1980s.

Screen legend [[Tony Curtis]] (1925–2010), who was born Bernard Schwartz, named himself for the titular character:  The novel from which this film was adapted was the actor's favorite. Curtis, who was established as a star in ''[[The Prince Who Was a Thief]]'' (1951), was buried with a Stetson hat, an Armani scarf, driving gloves, an iPhone and a copy of his favorite novel ''Anthony Adverse''.

[[Jack Benny]] parodied ''Anthony Adverse'' on the October 11 and 18 episodes of his "Jell-O Show" in 1936.<ref>Jack Benny's "Jell-O Show" {{cite web |url=http://otr.net/?p=jbny |title=The Jack Benny Show at OTR.Network (Old Time Radio) |access-date=July 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811070626/http://otr.net/?p=jbny |archive-date=August 11, 2014 }}</ref>

In the 1934 short comedy ''[[What, No Men!]]'', when their plane lands in "Indian Country" and Gus ([[El Brendel]]) is told to throw out the anchor, he tosses out a rope attached to a huge book titled ''Anthony Adverse''.

In the 1949 cartoon ''[[Hare Do]]'', a marquee at a theater advertises the movie.