{"id":43074,"date":"2019-03-18T09:10:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T16:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43074"},"modified":"2022-02-21T15:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T22:05:17","slug":"anna-christie-1930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43074","title":{"rendered":"Anna Christie (1930)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s all a man&#8217;s fault, giving you the wrong start.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Poster-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Poster.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA tugboat captain (George F. Marion) asks his alcoholic mistress (Marie Dressler) to move off his boat when he learns his grown daughter (Greta Garbo) &#8212; who he hasn&#8217;t seen since she was a young child &#8211; is coming to visit him. Garbo keeps her past as a prostitute secret from both her father and a shipwrecked sailor (Charles Bickford) who falls in love with her &#8212; but will she eventually be forced to share the unsavory truth of her history?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Sea<\/li>\n<li>Charles Bickford Films<\/li>\n<li>Clarence Brown Films<\/li>\n<li>Father and Child<\/li>\n<li>Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>Greta Garbo Films<\/li>\n<li><Marie Dressler Films<\/li>\n<li>Morality Police<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nClarence Brown&#8217;s adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna_Christie\">Eugene O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s Pulitzer Prize-winning play<\/a> is primarily notable for featuring Greta Garbo speaking on screen for the first time: &#8220;Gimme a whisky, ginger ale on the side &#8212; and don&#8217;t be stingy, baby!&#8221; Unfortunately, her strong Swedish accent does her no favors with this kind of slangy American dialogue, which never seems to flow swimmingly from her tongue. However, she exhibits appropriate pathos as a woman caught in a trap not-of-her-own-making: this storyline about a girl abandoned by her father, treated like a slave on a farm owned by her cousins, then raped and forced to conclude she has no other options than to sell her body, is a devastatingly classic tale of women at the mercy of men, unable to shed their past means of survival once they&#8217;re ready to move on. Her deluded but well-meaning father naively believes in the purity of both his daughter and farming life &#8212; anything but &#8220;the old devil sea&#8221;, which he blames for his own shiftlessness and inability to provide effective parenting. Meanwhile, Bickford is equally convinced of Garbo&#8217;s sanctity; the primary question remains how he&#8217;ll handle the truth once or if he hears it. While <em>Anna Christie<\/em> suffers from overly stage-bound, early-talkie direction, it remains worth a look for those interested in O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s work. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>The scenes involving permanently-soused Dressler are unexpectedly moving, given her overall generosity of spirit. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine performances<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Garbo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Garbo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Garbo.png 706w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Garbo-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Garbo-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Brown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Brown.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Brown.png 706w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Brown-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Brown-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Dressler.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Dressler.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Dressler.png 706w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Dressler-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Dressler-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography by William H. Daniels<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography.png 706w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography2.png 706w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography2-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography2-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography3.png 706w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography3-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-Cinematography3-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some interesting pre-Code moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-PreCode.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-PreCode.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-PreCode.png 706w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-PreCode-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Anna-Christie-PreCode-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0020641\/?\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/67422\/anna-christie#articles-reviews?articleId=88525\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1930\/03\/15\/archives\/the-screen-miss-garbos-first-talker.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s all a man&#8217;s fault, giving you the wrong start.&#8221; Synopsis: A tugboat captain (George F. Marion) asks his alcoholic mistress (Marie Dressler) to move off his boat when he learns his grown daughter (Greta Garbo) &#8212; who he hasn&#8217;t seen since she was a young child &#8211; is coming to visit him. 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