Anna Christie (1930 film)

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Anna Christie
Original film poster
Directed by	Clarence Brown
Produced by	Clarence Brown Paul Bern Irving Thalberg
Written by	Eugene O'Neill (play) Frances Marion (screenplay)
Starring	Greta Garbo Charles Bickford George F. Marion Marie Dressler
Cinematography	William Daniels
Editing by	Hugh Wynn
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	21 February 1930
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Anna Christie is a 1930 MGM drama film adaptation of the 1922 play 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 nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress (Greta Garbo), Best Cinematography and Best Director. This pre-Code film is the movie that used the marketing slogan "Garbo Talks!", as it was her first talkie.

Garbo's first spoken line has become one of her most famous: "Give me a whiskey, ginger ale on the side, and don't be stingy, baby." George F. Marion had performed the role of Anna's father in the original Broadway production and both the 1923 and 1930 films.

In early 1931, MGM released a German-language version, also starring Garbo, with Theo Shall, Hans Junkermann and Salka Viertel.

References

External links

Anna Christie (1930 film) at the Internet Movie Database

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1920s	The Great Redeemer • The Last of the Mohicans • The Foolish Matrons • The Light in the Dark • Don't Marry for Money • The Acquittal • The Signal Tower • Butterfly • The Eagle • The Goose Woman • Smouldering Fires • Flesh and the Devil • Kiki • A Woman of Affairs • The Trail of '98 • Navy Blues • Wonder of Women

1930s	Anna Christie • Romance • Inspiration • Possessed • A Free Soul • Emma • Letty Lynton • The Son-Daughter • Looking Forward • Night Flight • Sadie McKee • Chained • Ah, Wilderness! • Anna Karenina • Wife vs. Secretary • The Gorgeous Hussy • Conquest • Of Human Hearts • Idiot's Delight • The Rains Came

1940s	Edison, the Man • Come Live with Me • They Met in Bombay • The Human Comedy • The White Cliffs of Dover • National Velvet • The Yearling • Song of Love • Intruder in the Dust

1950s	To Please a Lady • Angels in the Outfield • When in Rome • Plymouth Adventure

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