Mildred Pierce / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Ranald MacDougall ; produced by Jerry Wald ; directed by Michael Curtiz.

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"Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford as Mildred, a single mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford's career comeback and gave the...

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Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 860.
Corporate Authors: First National Pictures, Inc (Production company)
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962 (Film director)
Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 (Film producer)
MacDougall, Ranald (Screenwriter)
Haller, Ernest, 1896-1970 (director of photography.)
Steiner, Max, 1888-1971 (composer (expression))
Weisbart, David (Editor of moving image work)
Grot, Anton, 1884-1974 (Art director)
Anderson, Milo (Costume designer)
Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977 (Actor)
Carson, Jack, 1910-1963 (Actor)
Arden, Eve, 1908-1990 (Actor)
Scott, Zachary, 1914-1965 (Actor)
Blyth, Ann, 1928- (Actor)
Bennett, Bruce, 1906-2007 (Actor)
Patrick, Lee, 1901-1982 (Actor)
Olsen, Moroni, 1889-1954 (Actor)
Borg, Veda Ann, 1919-1973 (Actor)
Marlowe, Jo Ann, 1935-1991 (Actor)
McQueen, Butterfly (Actor)
Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Edition:Two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 860.
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > Drama.
Single mothers > Drama.
Parent and adult child > Drama.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
"Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford as Mildred, a single mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford's career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar. But as Mildred pulls herself up by the bootstraps, first as an unflappable waitress and eventually as the well-heeled owner of a successful restaurant chain, the ingratitude of her materialistic firstborn (a diabolical Ann Blyth) becomes a venomous serpent's tooth, setting in motion an endless cycle of desperate overtures and heartless recriminations"--Container.
Note:Based on the novel by James M. Cain.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.
Accompanied by a fold-out leaflet featuring an essay, "A woman's work", by critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Special features: New conversation with critics Molly Haskell and Robert Polito about Mildred Pierce; Excerpt from a 1970 episode of The David Frost Show featuring Joan Crawford; Joan Crawford: the Ultimate Movie Star, a 2002 feature-length documentary; Q&A with actress Ann Blyth from 2002, conducted by film historian Eddie Muller; Segment from a 1969 episode of The Today Show featuring Mildred Pierce novelist James M. Cain; Trailer.
Call Number:PN1997 .M54 2017 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781681432656
168143265X
Credits:Director of photography, Ernest Haller ; film editor, David Weisbart ; art director, Anton Grot ; wardrobe by Milo Anderson ; music, Max Steiner.
System Details:DVD; region 1 NTSC; fullscreen (1.37:1 screen ratio); Dolby Digital mono.
Cast:
Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg, Jo Ann Marlowe, Butterfly McQueen.