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| Genre/Form: | Film noir Detective and mystery films Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Film adaptations Drama Teatro |
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| Named Person: | James M Cain |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ranald MacDougall; Jerry Wald; Michael Curtiz; Joan Crawford; Jack Carson; Zachary Scott; Eve Arden; Ann Blyth; Bruce Bennett; Lee Patrick; Moroni Olsen; Veda Ann Borg; Jo Ann Marlowe; Ernest Haller; David Weisbart; Anton Grot; Max Steiner; James M Cain; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); First National Pictures, Inc.; Warner Home Video (Firm); Turner Entertainment Co. |
| ISBN: | 079077559X 9780790775593 1419810855 9781419810855 |
| OCLC Number: | 51625331 |
| Language Note: | In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Notes: | Based on the novel by James M. Cain. Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1945. Double-sided disc includes film (side A) and special features (side B). Special features Side A: Cast and crew [text feature]; Awards [text feature]; Side B: Joan Crawford: The ultimate movie star [featurette] (87 min.); Trailer gallery (21 min.). |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Ernest Haller ; editor, David Weisbart ; art director, Anton Grot ; music by Max Steiner. |
| Cast: | Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg, Jo Ann Marlowe. |
| Awards: | Winner, 1945 Academy Award for Best Actress: Joan Crawford. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital mono; in standard format, preserving original theatrical exhibition aspect ratio, 1.33:1. |
| Contents: | Side 1. Mildred Pierce -- Side 2. Joan Crawford: the ultimate movie star ; Crawford trailer gallery. Shoreline credits -- Dying words and thoughts -- Uneasy company -- Never saw deader -- Class reunion -- Prime suspect -- Kids first -- Cheap material -- Hopeful Wally -- Anything you want -- New waitress -- Why not a restaurant? -- Community property -- Declined and accepted -- Sound of our hearts -- Tragedy -- Grand opening -- Veda meets Monte -- One man's poison -- Confession -- Bad habits -- Monte's payoff -- Veda's payoff -- I can get away! -- Alligator idea -- Working girl -- Sold on marriage -- Homecoming -- Acting badly -- Unexpected -- Her fault -- Into the dawn. |
| Other Titles: | Joan Crawford: the ultimate movie star. Mildred Pierce (Motion picture) Mildred Pierce |
| Responsibility: | Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; a Warner Bros. - First National picture ; screenplay by Ranald MacDougall ; produced by Jerry Wald ; directed by Michael Curtiz. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 160026 |
Abstract:
Mildred Pierce is a happily married woman with two kids, living in the suburbs of sunny California. She secretly takes a job as a waitress so that she can pay for piano lessons and expensive clothes for her eldest daughter, Veda. Her growing financial independence permits her to open her own restaurant, and eventually a chain of eateries. She has divorced her intolerant first husband, and married well-connected Monte in order to get Veda into high society. Greedy, self-absorbed Veda is still ungrateful, and demands an even greater sacrifice of her mother. Eventually, Mildred finds herself ensnared in the world of police and suspicion when Monte is mysteriously murdered.
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