Circa 1931: Alla Nazimova in Eugene O’Neill’s “Mourning Becomes Electra.”

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Circa 1931: Alla Nazimova in Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra."

Circa 1931: Alla Nazimova in Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra."

Circa 1931: Alla Nazimova in Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra."

Circa 1931: Alla Nazimova in Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra."

Nazimova was in the original Broadway production of Eugene O’Neill’s “Mourning Becomes Electra.”

The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932.

In this photograph, Alice Brady is seated as Lavinia Mannon, and Alla Nazimova is standing as Christine Mannon.

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