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  1. Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American melodrama/film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott, also featuring Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain , this was Crawford's first starring role for Warner Bros. , after leaving Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , and she won ...

  2. Mildred Pierce: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden. A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

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    • Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
    • Michael Curtiz
    • 1945-10-20
  3. Feb 3, 2021 · Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, this was Crawford's first starring film for Warner Bros. after leaving Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1996, Mildred Pierce was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress ...

    • 111 min
    • 25.9K
    • Primrose Greengage
  4. Joan Crawford in the film version of her adopted daughter's scathing tell-all book, Mommie Dearest (1981), Faye Dunaway is seen rehearsing a scene from Mildred Pierce.As her abused real-life daughter looks on, Dunaway/Crawford enacts the scene in which Mildred slaps daughter Veda hard, then says remorsefully, "I'm sorry I did that.

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  5. Synopsis. Following several gunshots, Monte Beragon (Zachary Scott) collapses in the living room of a beach house. He whispers the name "Mildred," and dies. His wife, Mildred Pierce-Beragon (Joan Crawford), soon arrives at the police station and acts suspiciously nervous, though denies killing her husband.

  6. Art director. Anton Grot. Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Joan Crawford’s iconic performance 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.

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  8. When Mildred Pierce's (Joan Crawford) wealthy husband leaves her for another woman, Mildred decides to raise her two daughters on her own. Despite Mildred's financial successes in the restaurant ...

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