Mourning Becomes Electra.

Duration: 175 min

Year Published: 1947

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Copyright: 19Nov47 L1583, renewed 17Apr75 R603053 Renewal claimant: Authors Research Company Original author: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc

Description: Illicit love, twisted emotions, and insanity are the motivating forces in this tragedy; suicide and murder, its main events; the socially prominent Mannon family, the principal characters. The setting is Massachusetts in the post-Civil War period.

Complete Record: MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 175 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the play by Eugene O'Neill. Summary: Illicit love, twisted emotions, and insanity are the motivating forces in this tragedy; suicide and murder, its main events; the socially prominent Mannon family, the principal characters. The setting is Massachusetts in the post-Civil War period. Credits: Producer and director, Dudley Nichols, in association with The Theatre Guild, Inc.; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; music, Richard Hageman; orchestra arrangements, Lucien Cailliet; film editors, Roland Gross, Chandler House. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Leo Genn. © RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 19Nov47; LP1583.