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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
Just before her father Ezra, a Union general, and brother Orin are due home from the war, Livinia Mannon follows her mother Christine to New York and sees her kissing the much younger Captain Adam Brant in his house.
- Dudley Nichols, Jack Gage, Harry Mancke
- 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
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).
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).
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Loving the Same Man - And Hating Each Other! Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon (The Old Dark House's Raymond Massey) and son Orin (Dead of Night's Michael Redgrave).
