 MGM itself was the last Hollywood studio to convert to sound, and Garbo's last silent film, "The Kiss" (1929), was also the studio's.Despite the fears, Garbo became 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, her first speaking role.