Mildred Pierce (film)
1945 American melodrama/film noir film by Michael Curtiz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American melodrama/film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott, also 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., after leaving Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1996, Mildred Pierce was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.[3]
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Mildred Pierce | |
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Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
Screenplay by | Ranald MacDougall |
Based on | Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain |
Produced by | Jerry Wald |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
Edited by | David Weisbart |
Music by | Max Steiner |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates | |
Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.4 million[2] |
Box office | $5.6 million[2] ($95.4 million in 2023) |
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