Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Mary Tyrone

James Tyrone

Jamie Tyrone

Kathleen

According to Hepburn biographer Charles Higham, the actress became so upset with Dean Stockwell when he showed up o the first day of shooting with a bottle of vodka, she almost struck him. When she discovered he found the set very cold, she bought him a coat, which he later found in his dressing room.

At one point during rehearsals, Sidney Lumet felt that Ralph Richardson wasn't really getting the proper measure of his character, James Tyrone. Lumet took the actor aside and launched into a 45 minute lecture about his character's motivations. Richardson finally stopped him by saying "I see what you mean, dear boy, a little more cello, a little less flute". Lumet confessed to being enormously impressed with this way of expressing it.

The Broadway play by Eugene O'Neill opened at the Helen Hayes Theater in New York on November 7, 1956 and ran for 390 performances. The stage production included Florence Eldridge, Fredric March and Katharine Ross and won the 1957 Tony Award for the Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1957.

After James gives Edmund cash, the way that Edmund holds it changes between shots.

Mary's hands change position as she stands, showing them to Kathleen.

In the climatic final scene as Mary wanders about her empty house, the shadow of a crew member is visible in the room.

James Tyrone: [Edmund has just recited a piece of poetry] You recite it well... Who wrote it?