Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel United States between 1990 and 1996. It was inspired by a series of short stories and two novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of "Anne of Green Gables", which Sullivan had previously adapted as "Anne of Green Gables" in 1985 and "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" in 1987. Many of the actors in the "Anne of Green Gables" movies also appear in storylines crossing over into the long-running Emmy award-winning series. Several actors from the first two Anne films can be seen in both "Road to Avonlea" and the "Anne of Green Gables", including Rosemary Dunsmore, Patricia Hamilton, Colleen
Lucy Maud Montgomery Montgomery had no say in either the 1919 or 1934 versions of "Anne of Green Gables" as the publisher, L.C. Page had acquired the film rights to the story in 1908, and as such, all of the royalties paid by Hollywood for both versions of "Anne of Green Gables" went to him, not Montgomery. Montgomery stopped writing about Anne in about 1920, writing in her journal that she had tired of the character. By February 1921, Montgomery estimated that she had made about $100,000 from the sales of the Anne books while declaring in her diary: "It's a pity it