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Desire Under the Elms is a 1958 American film version of the 1924 play Desire Under the Elms written by Eugene O'Neill. The film was directed by Delbert Mann from a screenplay by O'Neill and Irwin Shaw.
Desire Under the Elms: Directed by Delbert Mann. With Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Frank Overton. Desperation and secret passions on a family farm lead to tragedy.
- (1.5K)
- Drama, Romance
- Delbert Mann
- 1958-05-06
Feb 26, 2013 · Desire Under the Elms (1958) Uncertain melodrama adapted from Eugene O'Neil's play. A tyrannical New England farmer (Burl Ives) brings home a new wife to meet his sons - two of whom take off for California - and the third (Anthony Perkins) who stays and eventually falls in love with the Mrs (Sophia Loren).
Desire Under the Elms is a 1924 play written by Eugene O'Neill. Like Mourning Becomes Electra, Desire Under the Elms signifies an attempt by O'Neill to adapt plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural New England setting. It was inspired by the myth of Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Theseus.
- Eugene O'Neill
- 1924
Frank Overton. Simeon Cabot. Pernell Roberts. Peter Cabot. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. The son (Anthony Perkins) of an 1840s New England patriarch...
- (19)
- Sophia Loren
- Delbert Mann
Overview. Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Hating him, and sharing his greed, are the sons of two wives Cabot has overworked into early graves. Most bitter is Eben, whose mother had owned most of the farm, and who feels who should be sole heir.
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