anna christie ( greta garbo ) return to see her father chris ( george f marion ) after 15 year . he be the skipper of a boat and she stay to travel with him . during this time and she meet matt ( charles bickford ) and they fall in love . matt and chris do not see eye to eye and anna have a secret to confess . what a boring story . it start badly with george f marion and marie dressler play drunk in a bar . the scene go on forever and they be both terrible . it also hard to understand them . in fact and it difficult to understand the whole cast . i miss whole section of dialogue between bickford and marion and garbo because it be incomprehensible . garbo be obviously something special a you be draw to her every time that she be on screen and her presence give this film the 4 star that i have give to it . but nothing really happen it a boring story with atrocious accent . you will do well to stay awake .