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Mildred Pierce /

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: CC2729DDVD | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 860.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]Edition: Two-DVD special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 19 cm)Content type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

9781681432656
168143265X

Uniform titles:

Mildred Pierce (Motion picture)

Related works:

Motion picture adaptation of (work) Cain, James M. 1892-1977. Mildred Pierce

Subject(s):

Genre/Form: DDC classification:

791.43/72 23

LOC classification:

PS3505.U87 M44 2017
PN1997 .M439 2017

Contents:

Disc 1. Mildred Pierce -- Disc 2. Special features.

Production credits:

Director of photography, Ernest Haller ; film editor, David Weisbart ; art director, Anton Grot ; wardrobe by Milo Anderson ; music, Max Steiner.

Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg, Jo Ann Marlowe, Butterfly McQueen.Summary: "Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford 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. But 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 (a diabolical Ann Blyth) becomes a venomous serpent's tooth, setting in motion an endless cycle of desperate overtures and heartless recriminations"--Container.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-03410 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050309302

Based on the novel by James M. Cain.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.

Special features: New 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 actress 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; Essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.

Disc 1. Mildred Pierce -- Disc 2. Special features.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; fullscreen (1.37:1 screen ratio); Dolby Digital mono.

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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