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Overview

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6.9/10   1,006 votes
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Director:

Clarence Brown

Writers:

Frances Marion (adaptation)
Eugene O'Neill (play)

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Release Date:

21 February 1930 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

Garbo talks!

Plot:

It has been 15 years since Chris has sent 5 year old Anna to live with relatives in St. Paul, and now she is coming back... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. more

User Comments:

OK Overall; Garbo Makes It More Than Worthwhile more (30 total)


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Additional Details

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:A (Original rating) | UK:U (Video rating)


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Trivia:

The Broadway play "Anna Christie" by Eugene O'Neill opened at the Vanderbilt Theater in New York on 2 November 1921 and ran for 177 performances. George F. Marion (Chris) and James T. Mack (Johnny) originated their movie roles in the play. Marion also starred in the earlier silent movie version Anna Christie (1923). To date, the play has been revived 3 times, most recently in 1993 with Natasha Richardson as Anna, Rip Torn as Chris, Liam Neeson as Matt and Anne Meara as Marthy. more

Quotes:

Anna Christie: Gif me a visky, ginger ale on the side, and don' be stingy, baby. more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Garbo (2005) more

Soundtrack:

In the Good Old Summertime more


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OK Overall; Garbo Makes It More Than Worthwhile, 9 February 2005
Author: Snow Leopard from Ohio

This early sound era adaptation of O'Neill's "Anna Christie" would be a decent movie worth seeing on its own, but it is Greta Garbo that makes it particularly worthwhile. The rest of the production is solid, and for the most part, its limitations are common to many other sound movies made in 1930. Garbo herself rises well above the level of the rest of the production, and Marie Dressler is also memorable and effective in her smaller role.

It's easy enough to see why a story like this was chosen for Garbo's first "talking" role. It provides a female central character who offers a ready-made opportunity for an actress like Garbo to demonstrate a good range of abilities, from strength to tenderness, from coarseness to elegance. She has good scenes with several of the other characters. Dressler's raucous performance works well, and she has some very good moments. George Marion is very believable as Garbo's father.

The story itself is an interesting one, with some worthwhile themes, though it does not necessarily lend itself that well to cinema. There are a few times when it might as well just be a filmed stage play, but then there are also a number of times when the camera picks up some good atmospheric details, such as the dockside setting or the New York skyline, that make a good complement to the emotional story.

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