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Blanche Sweet (right).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Anna Christie
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by John Griffith Wray + [Thomas H. Ince]
Cast: Blanche Sweet [Anna Christie], William Russell [Matt Burke], George F. Marion [Chris Christopherson], Eugenie Besserer [Marthy], Ralph Yearsley [the brutal cousin], Chester Conklin [Tommy], George Siegmann [Anna’s uncle], Victor Potel, Fred Kohler, Irving Bacon, Mathew Betz
Thomas H. Ince Corporation production; distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by Bradley King, from the play Anna Christie by Eugene O’Neill. Cinematography by Henry Sharp. / Released 28 November 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Website-IMDb lists the release date as 25 November 1923.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists (with Russian intertitles) in a Yugoslavian film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Prostitution
Listing updated: 20 August 2010.
References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 339, 385; Brownlow-Parade pp. 350, 352; Drew-Speaking pp. 214, 230-233, 287; Fell-History p. 109; Katchmer-Eighty p. 853; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 83-85 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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