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Joan Crawford earned an Academy Award for her role as the ambitious titular heroine in the classic dramatic film Mildred Pierce.
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Fast Facts
- Release date: October 20, 1945
- Director: Michael Curtis
- Screenwriter: Ranald MacDougall
- Based on the novel of the same name by James M. Cain
- Producer: Jerry Wald
- Distributor: Warner Bros.
- Run time: 111 minutes
- Awards: One win and four nominations at the 1945 Academy AwardsYahoo! Movies: Mildred Pierce Awards and Nominations
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Plot Summary
After divorcing her unfaithful husband, Mildred Pierce is determined to give her daughter Vega the best of what life has to offer. Mildred works her way up from a waitress to the owner of a successful restaurant chain and marries a wealthy socialize in order to provide Vega with a bright future. However, Vega resists her mother's love and affection and Mildred must ultimately decide how far she will go to protect her daughter. -
Cast
- Joan Crawford: Mildred Pierce Beragon
- Jack Carson: Wally Fay
- Zachary Scott: Monte Beragon
- Eve Arden: Ida Corwin
- Ann Blyth: Veda Pierce Forrester
- Bruce Bennett: Albert ('Bert') Pierce
- Lee Patrick: Mrs. Maggie Biederhof
- Moroni Olsen: Inspector Peterson
- Veda Ann Borg: Miriam Ellis
- Jo Ann Marlowe: Kay Pierce
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@jhuppenthal this may be a bit late but, "Imitation of Life", "Peyton Place", "Mildred Pierce", "GIANT" what a cast! "High Noon"
@andytowe | November 14, 2009 02:43 AM -
my niece, the beautiful Phoebe, has requested a new photo. She's not a fan of Eve Arden yet, wait til she sees Mildred Pierce
@misssfitt | November 13, 2009 02:42 PM -
All done at #igniteottawa ... Now hanging with NAC Acting Company and watching "Mildred Pierce"!
@krisjoseph | November 13, 2009 02:27 AM -
@AnaGiacomini oh I just watched a woman's face last nite hehe, mildred pierce is awesome, i really loved possesed the one she did in the 40s
@deathbychoco | November 13, 2009 12:13 AM
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Mildred Pierce (Keepcase) - $19.98
What Veda wants, her mother Mildred Pierce provides. Even if Mildred must end her middle-class marriage, climb atop the male-dominated business world and marry a wealthy man she doesn't love. "I'll do anything," Mildred says in explaining h...
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For a full dose of pure, unfiltered Joan Crawford, look no further than this slab of scorching film noir. Crawford is in her element as the heroine of James M. Cain's pulp-fiction classic, a ditched wife and mother who is forced to become a...
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A classic novel of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence.
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These three classics from the master of the noir novel, along with five otherwise unavailable short stories, are electric with the taut narrative voice, the suspense, and the explosive violence and eroticism that were James M. Cain’s indeli...
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Joan Crawford won the Best Actress Oscar(R) for her role as a divorcee who will do anything for her spoiled daughter in this classic, gripping melodrama, nominated for six Academy Awards(R) Year: 1945 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Joan...
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