History Trivia / AnneOfGreenGables

* ChannelHop: The film originally aired on the [[Creator/{{CBC}} Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] before switching over to the Disney Channel for ''The Sequel'', then back to CBC for ''The Continuing Story'' and finally CTV for ''A New Beginning''.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Colleen Dewhurst, who played Marilla in the 1985 TV movie version, died during the production of the spinoff TV series '' Road to Avonlea''. Marilla was then killed off in the series too.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Japanese and Scottish Gaelic translations both rename the novel ''Red-Haired Anne'' in their respective languages (in Japanese it's ''Akage no Anne'', in Scottish it's ''Anne Ruadh'').

* CreatorBacklash: Like many popular authors, Montgomery was always slightly annoyed at the way the public wanted her to do nothing better than to churn out Anne-based sequels; this is widely accepted as the reason why the second book in the series, ''Anne of Avonlea'', is so comparatively mediocre, and why Montgomery responded to the proposal of writing a further sequel where Anne goes to college with, "The idea makes me sick." She ended up relenting and writing ''Anne of the Island.'' Later, she swore to herself that ''Rilla of Ingleside'' would be the last Anne novel, only to write ''Anne of Windy Poplars'' and ''Anne of Ingleside'' a decade-and-a-half later.

* CreatorBacklash: Like many popular authors, Montgomery was always slightly annoyed at the way the public wanted her to do nothing better than to churn out Anne-based sequels; this is widely accepted as the reason why the second book in the series, ''Anne of Avonlea'', is so comparatively mediocre, and why Montgomery responded to the proposal of writing a further sequel where Anne goes to college with, "The idea makes me sick." She ended up relenting and writing ''Anne of the Island.'' Later, she swore to herself that ''Rilla of Ingleside'' would be the last Anne novel, only to write ''Anne of Windy Poplars'' and ''Anne of Ingleside'' a decade-and-a-half later.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Japanese and Scottish Gaelic translations both rename the novel "Red-Haired Anne" (in Japanese it's ''Akage no Anne'', in Scottish it's ''Anne Ruadh'').

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Japanese and Scottish Gaelic translations rename the novel "Red-Haired Anne".

* RealLifeRelative: The orphanage director is played by Megan Fellows's mother.

!! General:
* [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim The Character Died With Her]]: Colleen Dewhurst, who played Marilla in the 1985 TV movie version, died during the production of the spinoff TV series '' Road to Avonlea''. Marilla was then killed off in the series too.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Katharine Hepburn was offered the role of Marilla, but she turned it down. As mentioned above, she wanted the part of Anne for the 1934 film, but the part was given to someone else. After turning down the role of Marilla, she suggested her grand niece Schuyler Grant for Anne, but Kevin Sullivan gave her the role of Diana instead since he wanted a Canadian actress for Anne.

* NamesTheSame: Invoked. Actress Dawn O'Day changed her name to Anne Shirley after playing the character.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Katharine Hepburn was offered the role of Marilla, but she turned it down.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While the original Japanese version is extremely easy to find, the South African produced English dub was lost to the public for years (in fact, the videos on YouTube of said dub are region-locked if you live in the US and Canada). Fortunately, they are available on some upload sites.

* FranchiseZombie: Could be said to apply to Montgomery, who continued to write novels and stories set in Anne Shirley's universe up to the day she died. It ''definitely'' applies to the Kevin Sullivan TV franchise, which to date has included four made-for-TV movies-cum-miniseries, an animated TV show, an animated film, and a long-running TV series set in Avonlea.

* [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim The Character Died With Her]]: Colleen Dewhurst, who played Marilla in the 1985 TV movie version, died during the production of the spinoff TV series '' Road to Avonlea''.. Marilla was then killed off in the series too.

* [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim The Character Died With Her]]: Colleen Dewhurst, who played Marilla in the 1985 version, died during the production of the TV series. Marilla was then killed off in the series too.

* [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim The Character Died With Her]]: Marilla (Colleen Dewhurst).

* [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim The Character Died With Her]]: Marilla (Colleen Dewhurst).

* [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim The Character Died With Her]]: Marilla (Colleen Dewhurst).
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** In the Sullivan Entertainment movies, Marilla is played by Colleen Dewhurst
** In the same movies, Josie Pie's boyfriend (and later husband) Moody-Spurgeon [=MacPherson=] is none other than [[AChristmasStory Scud Farcus]].

** In the same movies, Josie Pie's boyfriend (and later husband) is none other than [[AChristmasStory Scud Farcus]].