Mildred Pierce [VHS]
![Mildred Pierce [VHS]](/Images/6301973410/medium.jpg) | Directed by Michael Curtiz Starring: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth MGM (Video & DVD), 1945, VHS Tape Customer Rating: 114 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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For a full dose of pure, unfiltered Joan Crawford, look no further than this slab of scorching film noir. Crawford is in her element as the heroine of James M. Cain's pulp-fiction classic, a ditched wife and mother who is forced to become a waitress. On the strength of Crawford's steely willpower (and maybe those intimidating wide-wing shoulder pads), she constructs an empire of eateries, only to be disappointed by her rotten daughter (Ann Blyth) and a ferret-faced new husband (Zachary Scott). Director Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) whips up a storm of atmosphere, and the script is a series of tartly written exchanges. The best lines go to perennial wisecracker Eve Arden, as Crawford's acid-tongued pal — she earned her only Oscar nomination for the role. Commenting on the ungrateful daughter, Arden says, "Alligators have the right idea. They eat their young." Crawford herself took home the best actress Oscar, and the film was a triumphant personal comeback: her longtime studio MGM had released her from her contract before Mildred Pierce came along. Is this great acting? (Pauline Kael called it "heavy breathing.") Whatever Joan Crawford is doing in this movie, it's movie presence at its most formidable. — Robert Horton
Title: Mildred Pierce [VHS]
Sales Rank: 6450 in VHS
Actor: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth
Director: Michael Curtiz
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD), 1994-11-29, Theatrical Release: 1945-10-20
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 111 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches, 0.38 pounds
- book is better
- I was disappointed that the movie was so different from the book, but the people who watched it with me liked the outcome of the movie better than the book. More reviews
- UNHAPPY
- I BOUGHT THIS DVD AND IT SOMEHOW GOT LOST IN THE MAIL, A REPLACEMENT DVD WAS SENT OUT AND I GOT THAT BUT THE DVD WAS SCRATCHED, I CAN'T WATCH THE ENDING OF THIS MOVIE.
I HAD TRIED TO SEND IT BACK, BUT THE WEB SITE JUST KEEPS SENDING ME BACK TO THE BEGINNING, SO I SPENT ABOUT $14 FOR NOTHING.
- great find!
- i ordered this great movie and it came quickly. it was just as described and i would recommend this seller to anyone.… More reviews
- Interesting Characters
- This gets high points for the fine acting, memorable characters and successful melding pf a film noir with a soap opera. The movie is very interesting all the way through but if stupid and/or annoying characters get to you, then don't bother with this because there are some big-time fools in this film who are guaranteed to raise… More reviews
- A title character you won't soon forget
- With its self-sacrificing mother character who works her fingers to the bone for an ungrateful child, "Mildred Pierce" is in many ways the quintessential 1940's "women's picture" I thought it would be. But I happily discovered that it's a bang-up, tough, and pretty stylish film noir, too, complete with murder mystery. And it's all based on a classic James M. Cain… More reviews
