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Anna Christie
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6.0Old sailor Chris Christofferson eagerly awaits the arrival of his grown daughter Anna, whom he sent at five years old to live with relatives in Minnesota. He has not seen her since, but believes her to be a decent and respectably employed young woman. When Anna arrives, however, it is clear that she has lived a hard life in the dregs of society, and that much of spirit has been extinguished. She falls in love with a young sailor rescued at sea by her father, but dreads to reveal to him the truth of her past. Both father and young man are deluded about her background, yet Anna cannot quite bring herself to allow them to remain deluded.
Cast
- Greta Garbo as Anna Christie
- Charles Bickford as Matt Burke
- George F. Marion as Chris Christofferson
- Marie Dressler as Marthy Owens
- James T. Mack as Johnny the Harpist
- Lee Phelps as Larry the Bartender
Themes
- prostitute
- based on play or musical
- sailor
- pre-code
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
3,556 votes
- Year
- 1930
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Passed
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Clarence Brown
- Screenplay by
- Frances Marion
- Based on
- Anna Christie , 1921 play, by Eugene O'Neill
- Produced by
- Clarence Brown, Paul Bern , Irving Thalberg
- Starring
- Greta Garbo , Charles Bickford , George F. Marion , Marie Dressler
- Cinematography
- William H. Daniels
- Edited by
- Hugh Wynn
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release date
- February 21, 1930 ( 1930-02-21 )
- Running time
- 89 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $376,000
- Box office
- $1,499,000
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Encyclopedic overview
Anna Christie is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film adaptation of the 1921 play of the same name by Eugene O'Neill. It was adapted by Frances Marion, produced and directed by Clarence Brown with Paul Bern and Irving Thalberg as co-producers. The cinematography was by William H. Daniels, the art direction by Cedric Gibbons and the costume design by Adrian.
The film stars Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George F. Marion, and Marie Dressler. It was marketed using the slogan "Garbo Talks!", as it was her first talkie film. Of all its stars, Garbo was the one that MGM kept out of talking films the longest for fear that one of their bigger stars, like so many others, would not succeed in them. Her famous first line is: "Gimme a whisky, ginger ale on the side, and don't be stingy, baby!"
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