Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) characters. Sullivan Entertainment also solely controls the commercial trademarks to "Anne of Avonlea", "Anne of the Island", and "Road to Avonlea". Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 Canadian television miniseries drama film based on the novel of the same name by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and is the first in a series of four films. The film starred Megan Follows and was produced and directed by Kevin Sullivan for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was released theatrically in Iran, Israel, Europe, and Japan. The film aired on CBC Television as a two-part
Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) of the rights that the family claimed to have sold to Sullivan. The Court stated that the heirs' reversionary copyright was non-existent and that there was no need for Sullivan or any other entity to account to the heirs for the use of the trademark in Japan. The Court stated: "It is not clear from a legal point of view why permission from the heirs of the author or its related entity the Anne of Green Gables Licensing (AGGLA) authority was necessary." The Japanese Court also extensively scrutinized whether the copyright in the book "Anne of Green Gables" had ever