What movie star was nominated for acting awards for playing Anna Christie in 1930 and Anna Karenina in 1935?
"role as Anna. In addition, the film was ranked #42 on the American Film Institute's list of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions. Anna Karenina (Greta Garbo) is the wife of Czarist official Karenin (Basil Rathbone). While she tries to persuade her brother Stiva (Reginald Owen) from a life of debauchery, she becomes infatuated with dashing military officer Count Vronsky (Fredric March). This indiscreet liaison ruins her marriage and position in 19th century Russian society; she is even prohibited from seeing her own son Sergei (Freddie Bartholomew), with eventual dire results. Writing for ""The Spectator"" in 1935, Graham Greene made much"
"a dishonorable, hidden past: she has worked in a brothel for two years. One night, Chris rescues Matt (Charles Bickford) and two other displaced sailors from the sea. Anna and Matt soon fall in love and Anna has the best days of her life. But when Matt proposes to her, she is reluctant and haunted by her recent past. Matt insists and compels Anna to tell him the truth. She opens her heart to Matt and her father, disclosing her dark secrets. ""Anna Christie"" was the highest-grossing film of 1930 and received the following Academy Award nominations: In the early"
"Salka Viertel Salka Viertel (15 June 1889 – 20 October 1978) was an Austrian actress and screenwriter. Viertel was born Salomea Sara Steuermann in Sambor, a city then in the province of Galicia, which was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but today is in western Ukraine. Viertel was under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1933 to 1937, and co-wrote the scripts for many movies, particularly those starring her close friend Greta Garbo including ""Queen Christina"" (1933) and ""Anna Karenina"" (1935). She also played opposite Garbo in MGM's German-language version of ""Anna Christie"" in 1930. Viertel's father, Joseph Steuermann, was a"
"which also featured Basil Rathbone, Maureen O'Sullivan, W. C. Fields, and Lionel Barrymore, was a success, and made Bartholomew an overnight star. He was subsequently cast in a succession of prestigious film productions with some of the most popular stars of the day. Among his successes of the 1930s were ""Anna Karenina"" (1935) with Greta Garbo and Fredric March; ""Professional Soldier"" (1935) with Victor McLaglen and Gloria Stuart; ""Little Lord Fauntleroy"" (1936) with Dolores Costello and C. Aubrey Smith; ""Lloyd's of London"" (1937) with Madeleine Carroll and Tyrone Power; ""The Devil is a Sissy"" (1936) with Mickey Rooney and Jackie"
"and even paranoid due to her infidelity's suspicions which will lead eventually to her suicide. Anna Karenina (1915 film) Anna Karenina is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Betty Nansen. It was the first American adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The film is considered to be lost. Some scenes were shot on location at a ski resort near Montreal. Anna Karenina is a married aristocrat and socialite living in Saint Petersburg. She is living a torrid romance with a wealthy and young count, he loves her and is willing to marry"
"Anna Karenina (1915 film) Anna Karenina is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Betty Nansen. It was the first American adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The film is considered to be lost. Some scenes were shot on location at a ski resort near Montreal. Anna Karenina is a married aristocrat and socialite living in Saint Petersburg. She is living a torrid romance with a wealthy and young count, he loves her and is willing to marry her once she leave her husband. However, Russian's society rejection makes her feel isolated, possessive"
"Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her ""luminous and unforgettable screen performances."" In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, and Ingrid Bergman. Garbo launched her career with a secondary role in the 1924 Swedish film ""The Saga of Gosta"
"voice, really, rather flat, rather toneless, yet growing more attractive as the picture advances and you become somewhat accustomed to it."" In 1962, film historian Richard Schickel reviewed the film negatively, describing it as ""dull"", with Marie Dressler providing ""the only vitality in an otherwise static and ludicrous"" film. Garbo's opening line was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: Anna Christie (1930 English-language film) Anna Christie is a 1930 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pre-Code drama film adaptation of the 1922 play of the same name by Eugene O'Neill. It was adapted by Frances Marion, produced and directed by Clarence Brown with Paul"
"Anna Karenina (1985 film) Anna Karenina is a 1985 American made-for-television romantic drama film based on the famous Leo Tolstoy novel ""Anna Karenina"" starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve and directed by Simon Langton. The film was broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1985. Tragic Anna Karenina (; ) leaves her cold husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia. The unfortunate series of events leave her hopelessly depressed. This 1985 TV movie version starred: Actor Christopher Reeve, according to his autobiography ""Still Me"", claimed that while making this movie he learned how to ride a horse, then fell"
"dubious matron in Rudy Vallée's ""Vagabond Lover""). Frances Marion persuaded Thalberg to give Dressler the role of Marthy in the 1930 film ""Anna Christie"". Garbo and the critics were impressed by Dressler's acting ability, and so was MGM, which quickly signed her to a $500-per-week contract. Dressler went on to act in comedic films which were popular with movie-goers and a lucrative investment for MGM. She became Hollywood's number-one box-office attraction, and stayed on top until her death in 1934. She also took on serious roles. For ""Min and Bill"", with Wallace Beery, she won the 1930–31 Academy Award for"
"Great Depression, American screen audiences seemed to favor ""home-grown"" screen couples, such as Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. In 1935, David O. Selznick wanted to cast her as the dying heiress in ""Dark Victory"", but Garbo chose Leo Tolstoy's ""Anna Karenina"" (1935) in which she played another of her renowned roles. Her critically acclaimed performance won her the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. The film was internationally successful and did better than MGM expected domestically. Still, its profit was significantly diminished because of her exorbitant salary. Garbo selected George Cukor's romantic drama ""Camille"" (1936) as her"
"Alla Tarasova Alla Konstantinovna Tarasova (, in Kiev – 5 April 1973 in Moscow) was a leading actress of Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre from the late 1920s onward. A title role in ""Anna Karenina"" (1937) was her most resounding success. She appeared to mixed reviews as Katerina in the screen version of Ostrovsky's ""The Storm"" (1934) and as Catherine I in the movie ""Peter the Great"" (1937). Tarasova toured London and United States with the Moscow Art Theatre in 1922-1924 to much international acclaim. She was a recipient of five Stalin State Prizes (in 1941, twice in 1946, 1947,"
"in love with them, which eventually led to his tragic riding accident, 10 years later, falling from a horse and being paralyzed in 1995. Anna Karenina (1985 film) Anna Karenina is a 1985 American made-for-television romantic drama film based on the famous Leo Tolstoy novel ""Anna Karenina"" starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve and directed by Simon Langton. The film was broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1985. Tragic Anna Karenina (; ) leaves her cold husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia. The unfortunate series of events leave her hopelessly depressed. This 1985 TV movie version starred:"
"was mailed to her home address. She twice received the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for ""Anna Karenina"", 1935, and ""Camille"", 1936. She won the National Board of Review Best Acting Award for ""Camille"", 1936, ""Ninotchka"", 1939, and ""Two-Faced Woman"", 1941. The Swedish royal medal, Litteris et Artibus, awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art or literature, was presented to Garbo in January 1937. In a 1950 ""Daily Variety"" opinion poll, Garbo was voted Best Actress of the Half Century, In 1957, she was awarded The George Eastman Award,"
"Fay Wray Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress most noted for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film ""King Kong"". Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an actress in horror films. She has been dubbed one of the first ""scream queens"". After appearing in minor film roles, Wray gained media attention after being selected as one of the ""WAMPAS Baby Stars"" in 1926. This led to her being contracted to Paramount Pictures as a teenager, where she made more than a dozen feature"
"years of sound films, Hollywood studios produced foreign-language versions of some of their films using the same sets and sometimes the same costumes. Native speakers of the language usually replaced some or all of the original cast. While many of those versions no longer exist, the German-language version of ""Anna Christie"" survives. Directed by Jacques Feyder and filmed at MGM in July and August 1930 (the English-language version had been filmed in October and November 1929), it also stars Garbo as Anna, but with Theo Shall, Hans Junkermann and Salka Viertel playing Matt, Chris and Marthy. Garbo's famous first line"
"Quentin Tarantino – ""Django Unchained"" Tony Kushner – ""Lincoln"" Wreck-It Ralph Skyfall Daniel Craig – ""Skyfall"" as James Bond Jennifer Lawrence – ""The Hunger Games"" as Katniss Everdeen Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Patrizio ""Pat"" Solitano, Jr. Jennifer Lawrence – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Tiffany Maxwell Looper ""Amour"" • Austria / France / Germany Searching for Sugar Man Sarah Greenwood (Production Designer) and Katie Spencer (Set Decorator) – ""Anna Karenina"" Claudio Miranda – ""Life of Pi"" Jacqueline Durran – ""Anna Karenina"" William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor – ""Zero Dark Thirty"" Cloud Atlas John Williams –"
"recognition of her contribution to films. A Republican, she supported Dwight Eisenhower's campaign during the 1952 presidential election. Anita Louise Anita Louise (born Anita Louise Fremault, January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970) was an American film and television actress best known for her performances in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1935), ""The Story of Louis Pasteur"" (1935), ""Anthony Adverse"" (1936), ""Marie Antoinette"" (1938) and ""The Little Princess"" (1939). She was named as a WAMPAS Baby Star, and frequently described as one of the cinema's most fashionable and stylish women. Louise had delicate features and blonde hair, with ageless grace, which"
"Posten jointly issued two commemorative stamps bearing her image. On 6 April 2011, Sveriges Riksbank announced that Garbo's portrait was to be featured on the 100-krona banknote, beginning in 2014–2015. Author Ernest Hemingway provided an imaginary portrayal of Garbo in his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls: Informational notes Citations Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her ""luminous and"
"1935 film (a remake of the silent movie based on the novel, which was filmed in 1923) revolves around a social-climbing girl (Katharine Hepburn) and her mother (Ann Shoemaker). It was written by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner and Jane Murfin. The film was directed by George Stevens. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Alice Adams (novel) Alice Adams is a 1921 novel by Booth Tarkington that received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It was adapted as a film in 1923 by Rowland V. Lee and, more famously, in 1935 by George Stevens. The"
"""Anna Christie"" survives. The film was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at their Culver City, California studio in July and August 1930 (the English-language original had been filmed there in October and November 1929). It premiered in Cologne, Germany on December 2, 1930. Garbo is the only cast member in both versions and noticeably differs in her appearance in the two. The German dialog was written by Walter Hasenclever and Frank Reicher, for the most part very closely following Frances Marion's original adaptation. The film was directed by Jacques Feyder using the same cinematographer, Garbo favorite William H. Daniels, but a different"
"Anna Karenina (1997 film) Anna Karenina is a 1997 American period drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner and James Fox. Based on the 1877 homonymous novel by Leo Tolstoy, the film is about a young and beautiful married woman who meets a handsome count, with whom she falls in love. Eventually, the conflict between her passionate desires and painful social realities leads to depression and despair. The film is the only international version filmed entirely in Russia, at locations in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. Anna Karenina is a"
"The movie is like a storyboard for ""Anna Karenina"" with the life and subtlety still to be added.' Anna Karenina (1997 film) Anna Karenina is a 1997 American period drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner and James Fox. Based on the 1877 homonymous novel by Leo Tolstoy, the film is about a young and beautiful married woman who meets a handsome count, with whom she falls in love. Eventually, the conflict between her passionate desires and painful social realities leads to depression and despair. The film is the"
"1935 in film The cinema releases of 1935 were highly representative of the early Golden Age period of Hollywood. This period was punctuated by performances from Judy Garland, Clark Gable and Shirley Temple. A significant number of productions also originated in the UK film industry. It was also a period notable in Soviet Russia for the increasing amount of state control exercised over their film industry. The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra. This was the first year in which the gold statuettes"
"Holiday (1930 film) Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family. It stars Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames and Hedda Hopper. It was produced and released by Pathé Exchange. The film was adapted by Horace Jackson from the play by Philip Barry. It was directed by Edward H. Griffith. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ann Harding) and Best Writing, Adaptation. The film was remade"
"section at 6850 Hollywood Boulevard. Ann Harding Ann Harding (August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. A regular player on Broadway and in regional theater in the 1920s, in the 1930s Harding was one of the first actresses to gain fame in the new medium of ""talking pictures"", and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1931 for her work in ""Holiday"". Harding was born Dorothy Walton Gatley, and was the daughter of a prominent United States Army officer. She was raised primarily in East Orange,"
"Edmund Goulding's ""The Night Angel"" with Nancy Carroll and Fredric March. In 1933, she was in the comedies ""Our Betters"" and ""Dinner at Eight"", both directed by Cukor. Two years later she appeared in the Tolstoy adaptation ""Anna Karenina"" with Greta Garbo. In 1935 she also returned to Broadway for the brief run of ""Living Dangerously"". In 1936 she had her first stage appearance in London, starring in a production of ""Night of January 16th"". Foster's last movie was ""The Gorgeous Hussy"" in 1936. Her final Broadway production was ""American Landscape"" (1938). Foster was born in 1896 as Angeline Egar"
"Ann Harding Ann Harding (August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. A regular player on Broadway and in regional theater in the 1920s, in the 1930s Harding was one of the first actresses to gain fame in the new medium of ""talking pictures"", and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1931 for her work in ""Holiday"". Harding was born Dorothy Walton Gatley, and was the daughter of a prominent United States Army officer. She was raised primarily in East Orange, New Jersey and graduated from"
"James' husband, Niall Leonard, would write the script for the sequel. Leonard also went on to write the script for the third film. The casting for the lead roles was considered controversial. Many contenders considered for the film included Ryan Gosling, Garrett Hedlund, Theo James, Alexander Skarsgård, François Arnaud, Charlie Hunnam, Scott Eastwood, Luke Bracey, and Billy Magnussen as Christian Grey. Alicia Vikander, Imogen Poots, Elizabeth Olsen, Shailene Woodley, and Felicity Jones were all considered for the role of Anastasia Steele. On September 2, 2013, Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam were cast as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey respectively. As"
"""Romance"" (1930). After filming ended, Garbo—along with a different director and cast—filmed a German-language version of ""Anna Christie"" that was released in December 1930. The film's success certified Garbo's successful transition to talkies. In her follow-up film, ""Romance"" (1930), she portrayed an Italian opera star opposite Lewis Stone. She was paired opposite Robert Montgomery in ""Inspiration"" (1931), and her popularity was used to boost the career of the relatively unknown Clark Gable in ""Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)"" (1931). Although the films did not match Garbo's success with her sound debut, she was ranked as the most popular female"
"my face will do things I cannot do with it otherwise."" Despite her popularity as a silent star, the studio feared that her Swedish accent might impair her work in sound and delayed the shift for as long as possible. MGM itself was the last Hollywood studio to convert to sound and her last silent film, ""The Kiss"" (1929), was also the studio's. Garbo would go on to become one of the biggest box office draws of the next decade. In late 1929, MGM cast Garbo in ""Anna Christie"" (1930), a film adaptation of the 1922 play by Eugene O'Neill,"
"Constance Bennett Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American stage, film, radio and television actress. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s and for a time during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, as well as one of the most popular. Bennett frequently played society women, focusing on melodramas in the early 1930s and then taking more comedic roles in the late 1930s and 1940s. She is best known today for her leading roles in ""What Price Hollywood?"" (1932), ""Bed of Roses"" (1933), ""Topper"" (1937), ""Topper"
"based on the best selling novel. In the film there is a coincidental reference to Sherlock Holmes. Like George Sanders and Vincent Price after him, Rathbone made a name for himself in the 1930s by playing suave villains in costume dramas and swashbucklers, including ""David Copperfield"" (1935) as the abusive stepfather Mr. Murdstone; ""Anna Karenina"" (1935) as her distant husband, Karenin; ""The Last Days of Pompeii"" (1935) as Pontius Pilate; ""Captain Blood"" (1935); ""A Tale of Two Cities"" (1935), as the Marquis St. Evremonde; ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1938) playing his best remembered villain, Sir Guy of Gisbourne; ""The"