Anna Christie
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Anna Christie is a play by Eugene O'Neill. It tells the story of a former prostitute who falls in love, but runs into difficulty in turning her life around. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1922.
The play was most recently revived on Broadway in 1995, starring Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson.
Characters
- “Johnny the Priest”
- Two longshoremen
- A postman
- Larry - bartender
- Chris C. Christopherson - captain of the barge “Simeon Winthrop”
- Marthy Owen
- Anna Christopherson - Chris’s daughter
- Mat Burke - a stoker
- Johnson - deckhand on barge
Movie Adaptations
Anna Christie has been made into three movies and one television production:- 1923 - Starring Blanche Sweet, William Russell, George F. Marion and Eugenie Besserer. It was adapted by Bradley King and directed by John Griffith Wray and Thomas H. Ince.
- 1930 - Starring Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George F. Marion and Marie Dressler. It was adapted by Frances Marion and directed by Clarence Brown. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Greta Garbo), Best Cinematography and Best Director. This pre-Code film is the movie that used the marketing slogan "Garbo Talks!", as it was her first talkie. George F. Marion had performed the role of Anna's father in the original Broadway production and both the 1923 and 1930 films.
- A German language production was released in early 1931. It starred Greta Garbo, Theo Shall, Hans Junkermann and Salka Viertel. This version was adapted by Frances Marion and the dialogue written in German by Walter Hasenclever. It was directed by Jacques Feyder. This version was shot simultaneously with the English-language version, but with a different crew; Garbo was the only actor in both versions and noticeably differs in her appearance between the two versions. According to the 2005 DVD release of the film -- which included both the English and German versions -- Garbo much preferred the German version.
- The 1957 television production starred Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. It was produced for ITV in the United Kingdom.
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