Anna Christie

Director: Clarence Brown, Jacques Feyder Clarence Brown

Overview

This film tells the incredibly-dated story of a streetwalker's attempts to touch bases with her taciturn sailor father. Dad prattles on in a far-from-convincing Swedish accent, while Greta Garbo falls in love with seaman Charles Bickford, nearly losing him when she reveals her shady past.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/09/2019
UPC:	0883929689897
Original Release:	1930
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	44,468

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Greta Garbo	Anna Christie
Charles Bickford	Matt Burke
Marie Dressler	Marthy Owen
George F. Marion	Chris Christopherson
James T. Mack	Johnny the Harp
Lee Phelps	Larry

Technical Credits

Frances Marion

Clarence Brown	Director,Producer
Paul Bern	Producer
Irving Thalberg	Producer
Frances Marion	Screenwriter
Eugene O'Neill	Playwright
Jacques Feyder	Director

Editorial Reviews

It is all too easy at this late stage to scoff at the presumed staginess of Anna Christie or of Greta Garbo's much-imitated opening line of "Gimme a vhisky, ginger ale on the side." In reality, however, the drama actually holds up fine in comparison with most talkies from 1930 and William Daniels' camera is surprisingly fluid. George F. Marion, who originated the role of Chris on Broadway back in 1922, makes Anna's old seadog of a father much more than a vaudeville turn and Marie Dressler deservedly won recognition for her downtrodden old sod of a waterfront floozy. As for Garbo herself, she makes Eugene O'Neill's heroine unforgettably her own.