Mildred Pierce (film)
Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott and Eve Arden in a film noir about a long-suffering mother and her ungrateful daughter. The screenplay by Ranald MacDougall and the uncredited William Faulkner and Catherine Turney was based upon the 1941 novel Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain. The film was produced by Jerry Wald, with studio head Jack L. Warner as executive producer.
Mildred Pierce was Crawford's first starring film for Warner Bros. after leaving MGM, and won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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