Mildred Pierce
When Mildred Pierce's wealthy husband leaves her for another woman, Mildred decides to raise her two daughters on her own. Despite Mildred's financial successes in the restaurant business, her oldest daughter, Veda, resents her mother for degrading their social status. In the midst of a police investigation after the death of her second husband, Mildred must evaluate her own freedom and her complicated relationship with her daughter.
14 May 1906, Portland, Maine, USA
October 25, 1901 in Oregon, USA
11 January 1915, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
20 March 1892, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
18 February 1902, Brookhaven, Mississippi, USA
4 June 1914, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
24 February 1921, Dublin, Ireland
27 October 1910, Carman, Manitoba, Canada
10 January 1882, Veracruz, Mexico
June 21, 1923 in Lynchburg, Tennessee, USA
3 December 1900, Illinois, USA
19 May 1906, Tacoma, Washington, USA
15 December 1935
28 April 1909, Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 23, 1893 in New York
6 July 1888, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
October 13, 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14 July 1901, New York City, New York, USA
25 August 1907, Michigan, USA
22 November 1901, New York City, New York, USA
20 August 1884, Sandusky, Ohio, USA
7 November 1895, Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland
August 12, 1896 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England, UK
July 8, 1897 in Illinois, USA
March 2, 1882 in Essex, England, UK
June 28, 1906 in Greece
18 October 1901, Los Angeles, California, USA
April 11, 1881 in New York City, New York, USA
November 23, 1898 in Sherman, Texas, USA
May 20, 2013
Considered a film noir classic, it is more of a soap opera, despite the fact that the story revolves around a murder mystery. It is a story which artfully combines cynicism and sentimentality.
July 25, 2011
All this is good melodrama and fair entertainment, but it is much closer to the waltz-time schmalz of Kathleen Norris than to the fox-trot brass of James M. Cain.
March 25, 2006
Joan Crawford is playing a most troubled lady, and giving a sincere and generally effective characterization of same.
March 25, 2009
Joan Crawford gives one of her most iconic (Oscar-winning) performances in Michael Curtiz's quintessential film noir and woman's picture of the 1940s.
March 16, 2017
You don't think of Michael Curtiz, the great house director of Warner Bros. spectacles and prestige pictures, as one of the great noir directors but the opening twenty minutes or so is a master class in film noir directing...
August 31, 2012
The production, mainly because of Michael Curtiz's direction, is unimaginative and badly hoked-up.
October 17, 2007
The archetypal Joan Crawford movie.
February 28, 2017
The tragedy of Mildred Pierce is an essential film noir.
August 07, 2006
A hearty genre pic fraught with tense social/sexual anxieties.
June 24, 2006
The film is a chilling demonstration of the fact that, in a patriarchal society, when a woman steps outside the home the end result may be disastrous.
October 17, 2007
An undisputed classic.
October 17, 2007
A class feature, showmanly produced by Jerry Wald and tellingly directed by Michael Curtiz.
