I read the books, they were spendid and I saw the Canadian mini-series movies and they were splendid and then I watched the 1934 movie and it too is spendid! There are a couple of things in the movie that aren't part of the book like making it that Marilla as a young woman was once in love with Gilbert's father but he jilted her for Gilbert's mother but it is such a small part of the movie that it really doesn't even matter. The girl who plays Anne is very charming and even changed her name from Dawn O'Day to Anne Shirley in honor of the character she played. I highly recommend this beautiful movie!