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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...
- May 4, 2017
67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 45% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings In a Greek tragedy updated to the 1860s, young New Englanders (Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave) exact vengeance after the murder of...
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- Rosalind Russell
- Dudley Nichols
- RKO Pictures
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 Reviews. The entire cast is excellent. The somber mood of the story is accentuated in the photography, by George Barnes As might be expected, O'Neill's dialogue is...
Mourning Becomes Electra. Eugene O'Neill's post-Civil War version of the ancient Greek classic was at best 'good for those who like that sort of thing'. The success of the 1931 play proved...
Dark, brooding, and deeply disturbing, MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA deserves a great deal more attention than it has ever received. When the film failed at the box office, RKO responded by cutting it in re-release.
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Nov 8, 2013 · The sound and power of a storm-driven surf roaring and crashing as it breaks over the rocky New England coastline was the recurring aural image conjured during the Florida Grand Opera’s production of Marvin David Levy’s tempest-tossed Mourning Becomes Electra.