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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1945
Based on the novel by James M. Cain
"Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford as Mildred, a single mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford's career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar. But as Mildred pulls herself up by the bootstraps, first as an unflappable waitress and eventually as the well-heeled owner of a successful restaurant chain, the ingratitude of her materialistic firstborn (a diabolical Ann Blyth) becomes a venomous serpent's tooth, setting in motion an endless cycle of desperate overtures and heartless recriminations"--Container
Full screen (1.37:1)
Special features: New conversation with critics Molly Haskell and Robert Polito about Mildred Pierce; Excerpt from a 1970 episode of The David Frost Show featuring Joan Crawford; Joan Crawford: the Ultimate Movie Star, a 2002 feature-length documentary; Q&A with actress Ann Blyth from 2002, conducted by film historian Eddie Muller; Segment from a 1969 episode of The Today Show featuring Mildred Pierce novelist James M. Cain; Trailer; Essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith
Director of photography, Ernest Haller ; film editor, David Weisbart ; music, Max Steiner
Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg, Jo Ann Marlowe
Blu-ray, region A; full frame (1.37:1 screen ratio); uncompressed monaural