Summary
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 becomes a venomous serpent's tooth, setting in motion an endless cycle of desperate overtures and heartless recriminations.
Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 860. |
| Subjects |
Cain, James M.
-- (James Mallahan),
-- 1892-1977
-- Film adaptations.
Divorced women -- Drama. Single mothers -- Drama. Mothers and daughters -- Drama. Conflict of generations -- Drama. Restaurateurs -- Drama. Pampered child syndrome -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film noir. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [Irvington, New York?] :The Criterion Collection,2017 |
| Edition | Full screen. |
| Other Titles | Mildred Pierce. |
| Contributors |
MacDougall, Ranald,
screenwriter. Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962, film producer. Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962, film director. 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. Steiner, Max, 1888-1971, composer. Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977. Mildred Pierce. Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), production company. First National Pictures, Inc., production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Ernest Haller ; music, Max Steiner. |
| Language |
English With optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. Based on the novel by James M. Cain. Special features include: 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 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. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 9781681432656 168143265X |
| Other | Classic View |