i would read all the negative review for anna christie . you know and the gripe about the static camera and out date acting and wordiness of the screenplay . but when i view it yesterday i find it remarkably affect and enjoyable . yep and clarence brown camera remain stationary for the most part and and i be pretty sure one of the microphone be conceal in the ship light . yep and there a lot of dialogue and no spectacular action sequence . it an early talkie with primitive technical aspect . but . then there garbo and marie dressler and george f. marion and charles bickford and all proving that great acting be timeless . i believe anna christie be still one of garbo most iconic performance . and it a wonderful performance from the divine one and in a role that be really quite atypical for her . yes and we have see garbo weary and almost beaten and yet never with bag under her eye or her knocking back shot of whiskey . garbo play so many ( delightful ) costume role and that to see her play a contemporary woman be fascinate . she not weigh down by heavy dress or make up . this performance seem quite raw from garbo . the plot and from the oneill play and follow weary swedish ex prostitute anna and and her reunion with her boozy and seaman father . anna have enough trouble for any girl of twenty and a she tell drunken and slovenly marthy ( dressler ) in a bar . she find solace in a life at sea and and romance with a rough hewn and but good hearted and fisherman ( charles bickford ) . but her past threatens to ruin it all . charles bickford be overlook in garbo long line of ( largely inferior ) lead men . he one actor who can actually share the screen with her and not get swallow up by her magical presence . the pair have great chemistry together and seem to enjoy work with one another . dressler can never be accuse of underplay and and once again the grand dame be up to her old trick and but she terrific and convince in her role and never annoy a in the dreadful dinner at eight . i have never really hear of george f. marion before and but he be wonderful a garbo father . this be pre code and and rather gritty and dark by mgm standard . i really enjoy it and and while it may creak in some place and it still wonderful .