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Mildred Pierce is a psychological drama by James M. Cain published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1941. A story of “social inequity and opportunity in America" set during the Great Depression, Mildred Pierce follows the trajectory of a lower-middle class divorcee with two children in her tragic struggle to achieve financial and personal success.
- Mildred Pierce (film)
Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American melodrama/ film noir...
- Mildred Pierce (miniseries)
Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing...
- Mildred Pierce (film)
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.
Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic elder daughter's love and respect.
YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)2011Outstanding Achievement in Casting – ...Laura Rosenthal2011Online Film & Television Association ...Best Motion Picture or MiniseriesBest Motion Picture or Miniseries2011Online Film & Television Association ...Best Actress in a Motion Picture or ...2011Online Film & Television Association ...Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture ...- Drama
A 2011 adaptation of James M. Cain's novel about a divorced mother who opens a restaurant business and faces family conflicts. Starring Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood and more, the mini series won 5 Primetime Emmys.
- (24K)
- 2011-03-27
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 67
Joan Crawford won an Oscar for her role as a hard-working mother who divorces her husband and starts a restaurant business. The film is based on a novel by James M. Cain and features a murder mystery, a dysfunctional family and a love triangle.
- (29K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Michael Curtiz
- 1945-10-20
Mildred Pierce is a film noir movie. It was made in 1945. The movie was based on a book of the same name by James M. Cain. It was directed by Michael Curtiz. The movie got good reviews. It stars Joan Crawford. She won the Best Actress Academy Award.
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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.