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Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Oresteia set in New England, after the American Civil War.Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Oresteia set in New England, after the American Civil War.Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Oresteia set in New England, after the American Civil War.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
- Director
- Writers
- Eugene O'Neill
- Dudley Nichols(uncredited)
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- TriviaRosalind Russell received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Lavinia in this movie. Apparently, she was so sure she was going to win that when the winner was about to be announced, she had risen from her seat to accept it... only to discover that Loretta Young had won for her performance in The Farmer's Daughter (1947).
- GoofsWhile Adam Brandt stands by the bench where Lavinia is seated, he holds his hat by his side and then drops it on the ground. Instead of hastily picking it up and putting it on the bench next to him as he sits down, he seems to forget about it and leaves it on the ground after sitting down to talk to her.
- Quotes
Orin Mannon: You folks at home take death so solemnly. You have to learn to mock or go crazy.
- Alternate versionsThis is (unfortunately) usually shown on television in a heavily cut 105-minute version. The 159-minute UK version can sometimes be seen on Turner Classic Movies.
- ConnectionsReferenced in A Southern Yankee (1948)
- SoundtracksOh Shenandoah
(uncredited)
Traditional sea chantey
Sung over credits and throughout film by unidentified male chorus
Featured review
Great performances!
I caught this film on TCM about six months ago and recorded it on my DVR. I loved it! "Mourning Becomes Electra" made in 1947, is long, at just about three hours. At first glance, Rosalind Russell (at age 40) is a bit long in the tooth to play Lavinia; but once you get past that, she is quite good in the part. The scenes between Russell and Katina Paxinou (playing Russell's mother, Christine) were mesmerizing. Michael Redgrave (playing the son Orrin) is a bit stiff in the first part of the movie, but once he goes "crazy" with guilt in the last part, he is brilliant. Raymond Massey, playing the father, is in the film only a short time, but is memorable as Ezra, the war weary husband to Christine. A young Kirk Douglas is good too as Lavina's suitor. This film has it all - murder, greed, dark family secrets, revenge, lust. It is too bad this film is sadly forgotten. It flopped when it opened in 1947 - probably too long and involved for audiences a that time. And too bad Rosalind Russell did not win the Oscar for it - what an injustice. Russell had been considered the favorite to win, but a long shot nominee, Loretta Young won for "The Farmer's Daughter" a far lesser film than this one, in my opinion.
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- Runtime2 hours 39 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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