Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) |
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| Director(s) | Dudley Nichols |
| Producer(s) | Dudley Nichols, Edward Donahue |
| Top Genres | Drama |
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Rosalind Russell
(as Lavinia Mannon)
Michael Redgrave
(as Orin Mannon)
Raymond Massey
(as Brig. Gen. Ezra Mannon)
Katina Paxinou
(as Christine Mannon)
Leo Genn
(as Adam Brant)
Kirk Douglas
(as Peter Niles)
Nancy Coleman
(as Hazel Niles)
Henry Hull
(as Seth Beckwith)
Mourning Becomes Electra Overview:
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Dudley Nichols and produced by Dudley Nichols and Edward Donahue.
Academy Awards 1947 --- Ceremony Number 20 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Michael Redgrave | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Rosalind Russell | Nominated |
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The original Broadway production of "Mourning Becomes Electra" by Eugene O'Neill opened at the Guild Theater on October 26, 1931, ran for 150 performances and was revived in 1932 and 1972.
Rosalind Russell received an Academy Award nomination for her role in this film. 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 the winner was Loretta Young for her performance in The Farmer's Daughter.
The movie is one of three RKO-distributed films that were edited heavily after their initial unsuccessful first runs; the others were The Devil and Daniel Webster (aka "The Devil and Daniel Webster") and Joan of Arc. All three have been restored to their full length (or, in the case of "Mourning Becomes Electra", approximately their full length) on DVD.
Although billed 9th in the credits, actress Sara Allgood appears only in one scene and does not have one single line of dialogue.