Mourning Becomes Electra (film)
Mourning Becomes Electra is a 1947 American film by Dudley Nichols adapted from the 1931 Eugene ONeill play of the same title. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Leo Genn and Kirk Douglas.
A wealthy New England family, the Mannons, await the return of patriarch Ezra, general for the Union in the Civil War, and son Orin, a timid young man before becoming an Army officer. Lavinia, who adores her father, is shocked to see mother Christine kissing another man. Worse yet, the man is sea captain Adam Brant, someone whom Lavinia has long fancied herself, even though Peter Niles has been courting her.Learning from family servant Seth that, complicating matters further, Adam is actually a relative, a son of Lavinias uncle, causes her to confront her mother. To her astonishment, Lavinia finds out that Christine is completely aware of the family relationship, but has hated Ezra since the day she married him. ........
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