Desire Under the Elms (1958)

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Release Date: Mar 12, 1958 Wide

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Director Delbert Mann and screenwriter Irwin Shaw adapt Eugene O'Neill's 20th-century version of a Greek tragedy to the screen with a bit more discretion than need be. The story takes place in the New England of the 1840s. Emotionally cool but passionately hot farmer Burl Ives the smoldering Sophia Loren as his third wife. Anthony Perkins arrives to ignite this powder keg of pent-up lust, with Perkins and Loren engaging in a semi-incestuous love affair. When Loren becomes pregnant, Ives thinks

Unrated, 1 hr. 54 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: Delbert Mann

Written By: Irwin Shaw

In Theaters: Mar 12, 1958 Wide

On DVD: Aug 31, 2004

Cast

Sophia Loren
Anna Cabot
Anthony Perkins
Eben Cabot
Burl Ives
Ephraim Cabot
Frank Overton
Simeon Cabot
Pernell Roberts
Peter Cabot
Rebecca Welles
Lucinda
Jean Willes
Florence
Anne Seymour
Eben's Mother
Roy Fant
Fiddler
Eugene O'Neill

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Overwrought is too mild a word for this lulu of a gothic melodrama. Of course being a Eugene O'Neill story the epic tragedy is no surprise but it is turned out in purple prose and declamatory acting. Sophia looks beautiful and is full of ripe sensuality. Burl Ives is made up to look older than his years but just looks

June 7, 2011