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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1930 film Anna Christie. I'm joined by Swabreen Bakr from the Anti-Brain Rot newsletter and we talk about Greta Garbo's first words heard on screen, how the film addresses women's issues at a time when that was not a topic of conversation in film, and how the film looks at characters of lower social status in a time when many movies focused on the rich and well off.

You can watch Anna Christie online for yourself and be sure to check out Swabreen's newsletter.

Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• The Manchurian Candidate (1962) directed by John Frankenheimer
• Grand Prix directed by John Frankenheimer
• The Island of Dr. Moreau directed by John Frankenheimer
• A Woman of Affairs directed by Clarence Brown
• The Big House directed by George Hill
• Reds directed by Warren Beatty
• Dynamite directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• Anna Christie (1923) directed by John Griffith Wray
• Eleanor the Great directed by Scarlett Johansson
• The Love Parade directed by Ernst Lubitsch
• Hell's Angels directed by Howard Hughes and James Whale
• All Quite on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone
• With Byrd at the South Pole directed by Julian Johnson
• The Divorcee directed by Robert Z. Leonard
• Anora directed by Sean Baker

Other referenced topics:

• Audiobook recording of the play
• Anna Christie (print version of play) by Eugene O'Neil
• New York Times review by Morduant Hall
• Variety review
• Danny Reid on pre-code.com
• TCM write-up on the film

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