Anna Christie (1930)

Story

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.

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Official Trailer

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Cast

• Greta Garbo Anna Christie
• Charles Bickford Matt Burke
• George F. Marion Chris Christofferson
• Marie Dressler Marthy Owens
• J James T. Mack Johnny the Harpist
• Lee Phelps Larry the Bartender
• J Jack Baxley Coney Island Barker (uncredited)
• William H. O'Brien Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
• Robert Parrish Boy at Coney Island (uncredited)