anne christie be garbo 14th film and the first in which her husky swedish voice be hear . she play the lead character and anna and who have struggle with be abandon by her father chris ( a drunken barge owner play by george f marion ) and and with the misfortune of the life she have have to lead to keep her head above water . meeting irish matt ( charles bickford ) may mark the turning point for her . or do it . garbo look and sound great in this drama which and although look rather clunky and move at a slow pace and still manage to interest and engage an audience nearly 80 year later . marie dressler make an impact in the role which give her a second flush of movie success in film such a min and bill and dinner at eight and and emma while while marion and bickford be more than adequate . an interesting slice of movie history . garbo would do good talkie in the year follow and but anna christie will always be remember for the first time she talk on screen .