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The kind of woman most men want - BUT SHOULDN'T HAVE!
After her unfaithful husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful. However winning the approval of her spoiled daughter proves a greater challenge.
Mildred Pierce
1945 Directed by Michael Curtiz
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Joan Crawford Jack Carson Zachary Scott Eve Arden Ann Blyth Bruce Bennett Lee Patrick Moroni Olsen Veda Ann Borg Jo Ann Marlowe Butterfly McQueen Bill Alcorn Betty Alexander Ramsay Ames George Anderson Robert Arthur Lynn Baggett Leah Baird Dorothy Barrett Barbara Brown Claire Carleton Doria Caron Wheaton Chambers Wallis Clark Chester Clute John Compton Joyce Compton Clancy Cooper David Cota Show All…
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El suplicio de una madre, Thyella se mitriki kardia, Ömre bedel kadin, En amerikansk kvinna, 밀드레드 피어스, Милдред Пиърс, Mildred Pierceová, Solange ein Herz schlägt, Alma en suplicio, Mildred Pierce - amerikkalainen nainen, Le Roman de Mildred Pierce, מילדרד פירס, Il romanzo di Mildred, ミルドレッド・ピアース, Alma em Suplício, Милдред Пирс, Mildred Pierce - en amerikansk kvinna, Мілдред Пірс, 欲海情魔
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USANR
New York City, New York
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20 Oct 1945
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USANR
28 Feb 1946
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Argentina
13 Apr 1946
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UKPG
18 Nov 1946
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Sweden
22 Nov 1946
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Finland
02 Dec 1946
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PortugalM/12
29 Jan 1947
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France
04 Dec 1947
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Italy
01 Nov 1948
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Spain
12 Nov 1948
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Denmark
01 Jan 1950
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Austria
24 Apr 1950
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Germany
02 Aug 2003
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Ireland
27 Feb 2017
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Netherlands6
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Argentina
28 Feb 1946
- Theatrical
Austria
01 Jan 1950
- Theatrical
Denmark
12 Nov 1948
- Theatrical
Finland
22 Nov 1946
- Theatrical
France
29 Jan 1947
- Theatrical
Germany
24 Apr 1950
- Theatrical
Ireland
02 Aug 2003
- Theatrical
Italy
04 Dec 1947
- Theatrical
Netherlands
27 Feb 2017
- Theatrical6 DVD, Blu ray
Portugal
02 Dec 1946
- TheatricalM/12
Spain
01 Nov 1948
- Theatrical
Sweden
18 Nov 1946
- Theatrical
UK
13 Apr 1946
- TheatricalPG
USA
28 Sep 1945
- PremiereNR New York City, New York
20 Oct 1945
- TheatricalNR
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FIRST OF ALL, how in the world could a sweet woman like Mildred Pierce raise the demon that is Veda???
Secondly, I love feminism in early films and the portrayal of women who do shit on their own without the help of men, providing for themselves and their family. And on a personal note, I love and appreciate mothers who make sacrifices every day for their kids-- there are millions of them whose sacrifices go unnoticed.
This film is cruel in too many ways, but I loved every second of it.
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My friend yelling "OH MY FUCKING GOD" every time Veda showed up was the biggest mood
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try to name a badder bitch than Mildred Pierce + try to name a cuntier bitch than Veda Pierce oh you absolutely can’t!!
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Joan Crawford dominates as the industrious entrepreneur Mildred Pierce, whose indefatigable quest to build a better life for her daughter, Veda, ensnares her in a tangled thicket of domestic and professional calamity. Though the pitch of the performances and some plot points in Michael Curtiz’s crime drama lean into melodrama, Mildred’s twisted history is dense with duplicity, intrigue, shady business, and jumbled love affairs, shading her rags-to-riches crawl to the top with a noirish veil.
Crawford is the undeniable draw with her raw magnetism molded into a dynamic but refined performance, but Jack Carson gives a commensurate turn and provides much in the way of regressive humor as her rapacious business partner Wally Fay. While Anne Blyth is stunning in…
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