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As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |author-link= |title=Feature Previews: ''Anna Christie'' |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=3 |page=23 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=15 December 1923 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n170/mode/1up |accessdate=27 April 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Anna Christie, daughter of rugged coal barge captain Chris Christopherson, has not seen her father since she was a baby. During her life on a farm, she has been betrayed by one man and been the mistress of another. Her father, unaware of her past, is determined to protect her from the advances of sailor folk. She takes a voyage with him and falls in love with drunken Matt Burke. She admits her sins and is rescued from suicide by Chris. She is forgiven by Matt who still wishes to wed her. As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |author-link= |title=Feature Previews: ''Anna Christie'' |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=3 |page=23 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=15 December 1923 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n170/mode/1up |accessdate=27 April 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Anna Christie, daughter of rugged coal barge captain Chris Christopherson, has not seen her father since she was a baby. During her life on a farm, she has been betrayed by one man and been the mistress of another. Her father, unaware of her past, is determined to protect her from the advances of sailor folk. She takes a voyage with him and falls in love with drunken Matt Burke. She admits her sins and is rescued from suicide by Chris. She is forgiven by Matt who still wishes to wed her.


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1923 film

Anna Christie
Original 1923 theatrical poster
Directed byJohn Griffith Wray
Written byBradley King (screenplay)
Based onAnna Christie
1921 play
by Eugene O'Neill
Produced byThomas H. Ince
StarringBlanche Sweet
William Russell
George F. Marion
CinematographyHenry Sharp
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • November 25, 1923 (1923-11-25)
Running time96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$165,236

Anna Christie is a 1923 American silent drama film based on the 1921 play by Eugene O'Neill (first film version) and starring Blanche Sweet and William Russell.

Directed by John Griffith Wray and produced by Thomas H. Ince for First National Pictures, the screenplay was adapted by Bradley King from the Eugene O'Neill play of the same title. Thomas H. Ince Inc. paid a then-astronomical $35,000 for the screen rights to the play.

Plot

Anna Christie (1923)

As described in a film magazine review, Anna Christie, daughter of rugged coal barge captain Chris Christopherson, has not seen her father since she was a baby. During her life on a farm, she has been betrayed by one man and been the mistress of another. Her father, unaware of her past, is determined to protect her from the advances of sailor folk. She takes a voyage with him and falls in love with drunken Matt Burke. She admits her sins and is rescued from suicide by Chris. She is forgiven by Matt who still wishes to wed her.

Cast

Still with Blanche Sweet and George Marion, Sr.

Preservation

Prints of Anna Christie are located in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection, Gosfilmofond in Moscow, Cineteca Del Friuli in Genoma, Italy, and Harvard Film Archive.

See also

References

  1. ^ Slide, Anthony. Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film. Scarecrow Press. p. 24
  2. Progressive Silent Film List : Anna Christie at silentera.com
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Anna Christie
  4. Magill's Survey of Silent Films, Vol. 1, A-FLA, p. 142, edited by Frank N. Magill c.1982 ISBN 0-89356-240-8 (3 book set ISBN 0-89356-239-4)
  5. Pardy, George T. (December 15, 1923). "Feature Previews: Anna Christie". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (3). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 23. Retrieved April 27, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Anna Christie

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