Mourning Becomes Electra 1947 Part 20/20 - the finale

[therightstuff14]

It seems that RKO produced some amazing film this being one of them did they going out of business or something,as for Rosalind Russell she derserved the oscar without question.I often ask myself why some ppl get an oscar and other ppl dont who deserve it which leads me to thinking that the oscar are a fix.

[globalman]

Bravo!! Thank you. No one understood or understands that Miss Russell was the only true genius among all the brilliance of the Golden Age of Hollywood. No one then male or female and absolutely no one since or now could/ can do what she did. To understand watch, Craig's Wife, His Girl Friday, The Women, this film and Auntie Mame. Of course there are more but these display a talent beyond all... Even Meryle.

[thekidsmommy1]

Terrific acting by Rosalind Russell, but what a depressing movie! The ending is chilling. The haunting "Shenandoah" makes it all so...tragic.

[squeapler]

...There also seems to be an undercurrent of women being punished for having any sort of romantic or sexual urge, which today just doesn't fly right. Rosalind Russell does a great job of acting but the director should have had everyone playing their parts in a much more restrained New England manner and only exploding with emotion at the very crucial moments. This comes off very melodramatic at times.

[squeapler]

Thanks for the post. I can see why this movie is not widely shown now. While the level of emotion shown by the characters would be appropriate for a Greek tragedy (such as the original basis for the O'Neill play), it seems really over-the-top for a drama set in more modern times, especially featuring a Northern family. I realize that setting the story in New England creates the tension between propriety and emotion, but the level of emotion shown is more like Southern gothic.

[scorp3434]

Thank you!!! THIS is drama!!

Ms. Rusell played the hell out of this part!!! This whole movie almost sounds like pure poetry.

Thank you again!!!

[myfilmblog]

@scorp3434

You're welcome!!!

[theblueangel28]

Oh My Freakin Goodnes!!!!!!!!!

I love drama, and family epics, and so forth, but this was the most Ive ever been underneath it. Geeeezz!

I mean could they have been more possessed by ridiculous guilt hatred and malice??!! And all based on the stupid notions of propriety, gulit over having love, and false sense of loyalty to people and their ideals

What a bumch of rubbish. I am so happy that Humanity has begun to free itself from idea that create these kinds of situations

[GordonFr33man]

Thank you alot for the upload. I didnt expect to find this on youtube. I first read this play 17 years ago and i thought its awesome. I borrowed the book again a few days ago, and then i found this movie. It was very nice to see. I'd like to see more fulllength Eugene O'neill plays.

[myfilmblog]

@GordonFr33man

you're welcome :)

[4MaryAnna]

The sound of the shutters being closed made me think of her coffin lid slamming down on her. Alive and yet dead at the same time.

[koln1996]

Rosalind should have won an Oscar for this film!!!

[rougeonion]

Thank you for uploading! Glad to have watched this classic. But... whew.. now I have to do something to REVIVE!

[Tristan1022]

I've been waiting to see this film. Thank you for uploading.

[pam1victory]

That was a great movie, didn't know it existed. What a lesson for all of us who carry guilt. We have to forget the past, forgive ourselves, get on with the life we've been given. There must have been some politics going on for Rosalind to be denied an Oscar.

[koln1996]

Terrific performances!!!

Terrific film!!!

I thought I'd never be able to see "Mourning Becomes Electra"!!!

Thank You!!!

[dinasztie]

Rosalind Russel would have deserved to win that damn Oscar.

[97531go]

Good movie. Although I was still hoping for tragedy to end with happiness!

The surrender to misery is the refusal to face the call of the conscience.

Thank you for sharing!

will be looking for more classics!

[mathilda163]

thanks a lot for the upload - good movie that made my eve :)

[martinapeiper]

thanks so much for uploading this after teh previous one left us all hanging in the middle. Any more classics?

[myfilmblog]

you're welcome. :)

yes, probably so, especially those hard to find. but i have lots of other stuff/movie stuff to do, and it's always my choice: what I feel youtube needs and hasn't been accesible yet