Mildred Pierce
Starring: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott
Director: Michael Curtiz
Writer: Ranald MacDougall, James M. Cain, William Faulkner
Producer: Jerry Wald
Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American melodrama film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott, and featuring Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, this was Crawford's first starring role for Warner Bros. Pictures after leaving Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.
Trivia
- Won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay; Academy Award for Best Picture.
- Based on Mildred Pierce (novel by James M. Cain).
- The working title for Mildred Pierce was House on the Sand.
- Ralph Bellamy, Donald Woods, and George Coulouris were considered for the role of Bert, and Bonita Granville, Virginia Weidler, and Martha Vickers were considered for Veda.
- Permission had to be received from the U.S. Navy to shoot in Malibu because of wartime restrictions.
Filming Locations
- Malibu
Previous Showings
6 Runs • 4 Festivals
4,332 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (November 4, 1945)
Original Run: November 4, 1945 (Sunday - Wednesday)
All runs on record (6):
- November 4, 1945 (Sunday - Wednesday)Joan Crawford, Jack Carson
- August 15 - 17, 1990 · 767 ticketsw/ Humoresque (1946)
- April 19 - 20, 2003 · 757 ticketsFilmNoirw/ The Unsuspected
- November 18 - 19, 2010 · 497 ticketsFall 2010 Featuring film noir every Thursday and Fridayw/ Angel Face
- August 19 - 21, 2017 · 930 ticketsWarner Brosw/ The Letter
- September 14 - 15, 2024 · 1,381 ticketsFilm Noir plus Val Lewtonw/ Double Indemnity