A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past. Adapted from the classic eugene oneill play, the film is a slow but rewarding romantic drama. The story is of little interest though cinafilm has over seven million movie. Subscreva o amazon prime e tenha imediatamente quase todos os filmes do mundo no seu telefone ou computador. Marion, to live with unkind relatives in minnesota. During this time, she meets matt charles bickford and they fall in love. Daniels, the art direction by cedric gibbons and the costume design by adrian. Anna christie greta garbo returns to see her father chris george f marion after 15 years. Anna christie arrives and she is a wounded woman with a hidden dishonorable past since she had worked for two years in a brothel to survive. Bickford is unaware of his lovers tarnished past and she does her best to keep it that way. Besides anna christie, it includes grand hotel, mata hari, queen christina, anna karenina, the splendid ninotchka, and a double disk offering of garbos silent films. Anna christie is a film directed by clarence brown with greta garbo, charles bickford, george f.
She also had her favorite cinematographer, william daniels, and the studios best writer, frances marion, to adapt the play. Dec 07, 2009 anna christie 1930 was advertised, in a twoword ad campaign, as the first talking picture and 14th film for cinemas greatest silent star an asexual, supercool nordic beauty named greta garbo. I have always found it very interesting that greta garbo has two anna christies movies in her imdb page. A young woman desperately attempts to keep her illicit past hidden from her father, until a kindhearted sailor proposes to her. She moves to the barge to live with her father and one night, chris rescues the sailor matt and two other fainted sailors from the sea. Anna christie is a 1930 germanlanguage film adapted from the 1921 eugene oneill play of the same title and filmed following the release of the.
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. A star in the 1920s, garbo, like charlie chaplin, continued to appear in silent pictures after the rest of hollywood had switched to talkies. By 1930, garbo was a wellestablished box office name, and mgm had developed an idea of what kind of roles suited their enigmatic star. He has not seen her since, but believes her to be a decent and respectably employed young woman. Greta garbo, charles bickford, marie dressler, lee phelps. To think that this movie was made over 86 years ago.
But, the purchaser here also has garbos second talkie, again anna christie, directed by jacques feyder, made back to back for the german market, and utilising similar though not always identical sets, but, garbo. In the early years of sound films, hollywood studios produced foreignlanguage versions of some of their films using the. A young woman reunites with the father shes not seen since early childhood, also falls in love with a sailor who wishes to marry her, and eventually is forced to reveal to each man about her dark past. Anna christie 1930 full movie download full hd youtube. Anna christie is a 1930 germanlanguage film adapted from the eugene oneill play of the same title and filmed following the release of the englishlanguage original version of the same adaptation earlier the same year. In her first sound film, greta garbo received an oscarnomination as the title character in eugene oneills classic about. With greta garbo, theo shall, hans junkermann, salka viertel. I liked it and i do believe it is a must for garbo fans and not only. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Gallery of movie poster and cover images for anna christie 1930. The movie s fascination as a garbo milestone and slice of earlysound hollywood easily outstrip its actual value as a work of art, for it has not aged. Anna christie is a 1930 germanlanguage film adapted from the 1921 eugene oneill play of the same title and filmed following the release of the englishlanguage original version of the same adaptation earlier the same year. Buy anna christie movie posters from movie poster shop.
My recommendation for now is that you watch flesh and the devil if you watch any of em, but ill be hitting a number of these yet anyway. Jul 08, 2010 subscreva o amazon prime e tenha imediatamente quase todos os filmes do mundo no seu telefone ou computador. As both my brothers wrote, anna christie is all about greta garbo and her expressive face and body. Anna christie 1930 the best movies in cinematic history. Anna christie 1930 was advertised, in a twoword ad campaign. Sure, she is a competent actress but you never forget that. The movies fascination as a garbo milestone and slice of earlysound hollywood easily outstrip its actual value as a work of art, for it has not aged. Anna christie is adapted from eugene oneills play, a piece of gloom about prostitute anna returning to her seafaring father george f. The actress returned for romance 1930, in which she portrayed an italian opera star. And garbos second version of anna christie 1930 is remarkable. Sure, she is a competent actress but you never forget that you are watching garbo flaunting about.
Anna christie 1930 as a child, anna christie greta garbo was sent away by her father, chris christofferson george f. Anna christie 1930 was advertised, in a twoword ad campaign, as the first talking picture and 14th film for cinemas greatest silent star an asexual, supercool nordic beauty named greta garbo. The world premiere of the german anna christie took place on december 22, 1930, in cologne. Best actress for garbo, best cinematography, and best director. And now the power of a fullyarmed greta garbo is presented to the moviegoing public. Jun 14, 20 on the other end of the spectrum, charles tatum also finds the movie flawed by fawns over george f. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. 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. Her every pout, smile or exaggerated gesture is a work of art. Find movie and film award information for anna christie 1930 clarence brown, jacques feyder on allmovie. He is the skipper of a boat and she stays to travel with him. It was adapted by frances marion, produced and directed by clarence brown with paul bern and irving thalberg as coproducers. Garbos first sound effort was advertised with the slogan garbo talks. In the early years of sound films, hollywood studios produced foreign.
A deliberately grim movie gained fame as garbos first talkie revealing her warm, silky deep voice, and was simultaneously made in germany from a wellknown. Rent anna christie 1930 starring greta garbo and charles bickford on dvd and bluray. Impressive that such an old movie can be enjoyed after almost 85 years since it came out. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Greta garbo, marie dressler, charles bickford, george f. Without comparing always one film to the other, this anna christie is still the same oneill play with too many words. Anna christie is a 1930 metrogoldwynmayer precode tragedy film adaptation of the 1921 play of the same name by eugene oneill.
Anna christie 1930 in new york, the alcoholic skipper of a coal barge chris christofferson receives a letter from his estranged twenty year old daughter anna christie christofferson telling that she will leave minnesota to stay with him. Greta garbo, charles bickford, marie dressler, lee phelps 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. The arrival of marty marie dressler creates an awkward moment for anna greta garbo with her suitor matt charles bickford in anna christie, 1930, from the eugene oneill play. The first version of anna christie was an english version. Mgm studios was quite concerned about their alluring, 24 yearold talented actress.
Anna christie 1930, english version turner classic movies. Mgm studios was quite concerned about their alluring, 24. Anna christie, released in both english and german sound versions, gives garbo speech, and the full actor is now brought to. The darker european feel is very evident under jacques feyder s direction.
Many other silent stars had already failed or struggled to make the transition to. Chris left anna fifteen years ago to the countryside to. Review of anna christie 1930 by private u cinafilm. Anna christie is a 1930 metrogoldwynmayer precode drama film adaptation of the 1922 play of the same name by eugene oneill. When anna arrives, however, it is clear that she has lived a. Sixteen minutes or so into this adaptation of eugene oneills pulitzer prizewinning play, 1930 audiences got what t. It had been reported that nils asthers name topped the list of the possible costars, but it was a relative unknown, theo shall, who won the assignment in the german version of anna christie.
200 559 728 653 1353 409 817 1437 1330 53 581 652 1377 284 312 1138 1002 205 917 500 413 1399 1199 663 618 968 1426 528 178 313 1229 1221 242 800 1284 759 243 725 1234 869 318 1205 657