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Mourning Becomes Electra is a 1947 American drama film by Dudley Nichols adapted from the 1931 Eugene O'Neill play Mourning Becomes Electra, based in turn on the Oresteia. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Leo Genn and Kirk Douglas.
Mourning Becomes Electra: Directed by Dudley Nichols. With Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou. Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Oresteia set in New England, after the American Civil War.
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- Drama
- Dudley Nichols
- 1947-11-19
Mourning Becomes Electra -- (Movie Clip) I Have A Headache Lavinia (Rosalind Russell, de facto title character from the Eugene O'Neill play) is spying on her stepmother (Katina Paxinou), hooking up with own her beau Captain Brandt (Leo Genn), Civil War ending, in Mourning Becomes Electra, 1947.
- Dudley Nichols, Jack Gage, Harry Mancke
- Rosalind Russell
Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Oresteia. In New England, after the American Civil War, a war-weary Agamemnon, Brigadier General Ezra Mannon (Raymond Massey) comes home to his unhappy wife Christine (Katina Paxinou) and loving daughter Lavinia (Rosalind Russell).
In a Greek tragedy updated to the 1860s, young New Englanders (Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave) exact vengeance after the murder of their father (Raymond Massey).
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- Rosalind Russell
- Dudley Nichols
- RKO Pictures
May 3, 2017 · May 3, 2017. Even with the stamp of genius on it, age has made Eugene O’Neill’s “Mourning Becomes Electra” one of those classics that people avoid — a marathon-length trilogy stuffed with...
Mourning Becomes Electra is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker (Ezra), Earle Larimore (Orin), Alice Brady (Lavinia) and Alla Nazimova (Christine).
