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

Arden, Eve, 1912-1990 (Added Author). Bennett, Bruce, 1906-2007 (Added Author). Blyth, Ann, 1928- (Added Author). Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977 Mildred Pierce. (Added Author). Carson, Jack, 1910-1963 (Added Author). Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977 (Added Author). Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962 (Added Author). Grot, Anton, 1884-1974 (Added Author). Haller, Ernest, 1896-1970 (Added Author). MacDougall, Ranald. (Added Author). Scott, Zachary, 1914-1965 (Added Author). Steiner, Max, 1888-1971 (Added Author). Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 (Added Author). Weisbart, David. (Added Author). First National Pictures, Inc. (Added Author). Turner Entertainment Co. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg, Jo Ann Marlowe. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 079077559X
ISBN: 1419810855
ISBN: 9780790775593
ISBN: 9781419810855
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Full screen
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video : c1945, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the novel by James M. Cain. Double-sided disc includes film (side A) and special features (side B). Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1945. 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.).
Formatted Contents Note:	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. Side 1. Mildred Pierce -- Side 2. Joan Crawford: the ultimate movie star ; Crawford trailer gallery.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Ernest Haller ; editor, David Weisbart ; art director, Anton Grot ; music by Max Steiner.
Participant or Performer Note:	Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg, Jo Ann Marlowe.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital mono; in standard format, preserving original theatrical exhibition aspect ratio, 1.33:1.
Language Note:	In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	Winner, 1945 Academy Award for Best Actress: Joan Crawford.