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Greta Garbo | Anna Christie | |
Charles Bickford | Matt Burke | |
Marie Dressler | Marthy Owens | |
George F. Marion | Chris Christofferson | |
James T. Mack | Johnny the Harp | |
Lee Phelps | Larry - the Bartender | |
Jack Baxley | Coney Island Barker | |
William H. O'Brien | Waiter | |
Theo Shall | Matt Burke | |
Hans Junkermann | Chris Christofferson | |
Salka Viertel | Marthy Owens | |
Herman Bing | Larry - the Bartender | |
Leo White | Man at Bar |
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Producer | Clarence Brown
Paul Bern |
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Writer | Frances Marion
Frank Reicher |
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Cinematography | William H. Daniels
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Sixteen minutes or so into this adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize play, 1930 audiences got what they were waiting for when Greta Garbo made her entrance and spoke on camera for the first time in her career: "Gimme a whiskey?." Like Lon Chaney and Charlie Chaplin, the Swedish Sphinx had continued in Silents even though Talkies were the rage. Here she made her landmark transition to the new era, playing a former prostitute whose past may ruin her chance for happiness. A different director and cast join Garbo in a German-language version (Side B) filmed on the same soundstages immediately after the English version. She called it the better film, and many fans today agree. You decide! |
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