Anna Christie

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Anna Christie

1930

1h 29m

Drama

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As a child, Anna Christie (Greta Garbo) was sent away by her father, Chris Christofferson (George F. Marion), to live with unkind relatives in Minnesota. Although she escaped her family, Anna fell into prostitution, and she still resents her father's decision. When Anna travels to New York to reunite with her father, she tries to keep her past a secret. It is only when she falls in love with a sailor named Matt Burke (Charles Bickford) that Anna realizes she must reveal the truth.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Sep 20

2.5/4

Greta Garbo and Marie Dressler are great, but this isn’t cinematic enough to overcome its rigid staginess.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

07/23/2022

6/10

Listening to Garbo speak for the first time is perhaps the only thing that is interesting to me, because not even her voice is enough to raise the dramatic tone of a trivial narrative about alcoholism and prostitution. [Full review in Spanish]

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Nathanael Hood

Unseen Films

05/16/2020

5/10

A flat, inert affair.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

03/20/2009

B+

Garbo received her first Oscar nomination for this second version of the play, which MGM advertised as Garbo Talks! Her first line of dialogue is memorable: Gimme a viskey, Ginger ale on the side, and don't be stingy babee.

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Tim Dirks

Filmsite

08/23/2001

A+

Anna Christie (1930) was advertised, in a two-word ad campaign: "Garbo Talks!" - in "Her First TALKING Picture" (and 14th film) for cinema's greatest silent star - an asexual, super-cool Nordic beauty named Greta Garbo.

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@LiberteBurrows 05/12/2023

Best big screen adaptation of Eugene O'Neill I've seen. Greta Garbo is amazing and perfectly cast.

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12/13/2021

This was Greta Garbo's first sound film. Her famous first line was, "Gimme a whisky, ginger ale on the side, and don't be stingy baby!" Garbo was even more interesting through being heard than she was in silent movies.

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11/13/2020

Such an amazing movie from one of the early Golden Age greats. The movie delivers an extremely satisfying dramatic story of a person trying to change their life, but their past continues to haunt them. It's a gem of a movie from 1930 and holds up amazingly well. Garbo is simply outstanding.

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07/30/2020

Lenta, se destaca Greta Garbo.

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steve d

07/23/2020

Really dated but Garbo is still great.

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01/26/2019

The best movie quote ever spoken: "Give me a whiskey, ginger ale on the side, and don't be stingy, baby."

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Clarence Brown

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Greta Garbo

Anna Christie

Charles Bickford

Matt Burke

Marie Dressler

Marthy Owens

Lee Phelps

Larry

George Marion Sr.

Chris Christofferson

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Synopsis

As a child, Anna Christie (Greta Garbo) was sent away by her father, Chris Christofferson (George F. Marion), to live with unkind relatives in Minnesota. Although she escaped her family, Anna fell into prostitution, and she still resents her father's decision. When Anna travels to New York to reunite with her father, she tries to keep her past a secret. It is only when she falls in love with a sailor named Matt Burke (Charles Bickford) that Anna realizes she must reveal the truth.

Director: Clarence Brown
Screenwriter: Eugene O'Neill
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 1930, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 29m

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