Word: electras
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Eugene O'Neill. 65. American playwright (Mourning Becomes Electra, Ah, Wilderness!); of bronchial pneumonia; in Boston (see THEATER...
...credit, it is Bob Schwarz, who, besides contributing to the lyrics, played Maximilian Feek, the adman himself, with gusto, humor, and even subtlety when it was needed. Juggling the whims of ball-bearing manufacturer S.J. (does in dry dead-pan by Walter Littell) with the extra-curricular passions of Electra, his brassy mistress, played by Hugh Fortmiller, Feek is ulcered into finding a new advertising glmmick to sell ball-bearings. With the help of vice-presidents Arbuthuot, Moriarity, and Carmichel (Ed Bursk, Stove Bolster, Tim Nichols), and a slogan-grinder-turned-playwright named Nadworney (William Allison), Feek finally produces...
...demure femme with five o'clock shadow, Benedict and Whedon make all their blondes big, brassy, busty, and boisterous--as they should be in this type of show. The kickline is good, as is an advertiser's beauty contest illuminated by excellent costuming. The one brunette in the cast, Electra's artsy-craftsy sister Chris, played with cross-eyed humor by William Wood, is a suitably bizarre love interest for the playwright. Her great concern with Green which Village Art versus Madison Avenue Commercialism, if a bit overddone, provides some of the best laughs...
Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1936, he had previously won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1920, 1922, and 1928. His outstanding works include "Mourning Becomes Electra," "Strange Interlude," "The Hairy Ape," "Beyond the Horizon," "Anna Christie," and "Emperor Jones...
Nonetheless, it began a period of professional setbacks. In return for directing Sister Kenny, Dudley Nichols asked Rosalind to appear in his production of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra. Ros felt that she had to agree, but told her good friend Loretta Young: "I can't imagine what I'm doing in this picture-it's all hate!" Mourning Becomes Electra proved an even bigger financial flop than Sister Kenny. These disasters steeled Ros's determination to return to the stage. While feverishly reading playscripts, she contributed to her movie decline with...