Anna Christie

Anna Christie (1930)

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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.

Date of release
1930-02-21
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (60)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Clarence Brown

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $1M
  • Budget: $376K
  • Earned 2.7× its budget
  • Based on: Anna Christie
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 3

Anna Christie is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film adaptation of the 1921 play of the same name 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.

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