Anna Christie (1930)
Garbo Talks!
89 min
Old 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.
- Release date
- February 21, 1930
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Greta Garbo as Anna
- Charles Bickford as Matt
- George F. Marion as Chris
- Marie Dressler as Marthy
- James T. Mack as Johnny the Harp
- Lee Phelps as Larry
- Jack Baxley as Coney Island Barker
- Roberta Gregory as Girl at Coney Island
- Roberta Gregory as Breath Test Game
- Jack McHugh as Boy at Coney Island
- Jack McHugh as Baseball Target Game
- William H. O'Brien as Waiter at Coney Island
Crew
- Clarence Brown · Director
- Frances Marion · Writer
- Eugene O'Neill · Writer
- William H. Daniels · Cinematographer
- Hugh Wynn · Editor