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| Author | James M. Cain |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Publication date | 1941 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
Mildred Pierce is a novel (1941) by James M. Cain. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story James Mallahan Cain ( July 1, 1892 &ndash October 27, 1977) was an American Journalist It was made into a feature film starring Joan Crawford. Mildred Pierce ( 1945) is a Warner Bros Feature film starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary
Characters
- Mildred Pierce – middle-class mother of two (Joan Crawford)
- Bert Pierce – husband of Mildred (Bruce Bennett)
- Moire "Ray" and Veda Pierce – daughters of Mildred (Jo Ann Marlowe and Ann Blyth)
- Wally Fay – business partner of Bert (Jack Carson)
- Monte Beragon – friend of Mildred (Zachary Scott)
- Ida – waitress and friend of Mildred (Eve Arden)
Plot summary
Set in Los Angeles in the 1930s, Mildred Pierce is the story of a middle-class, single mother's attempt to maintain her and her family's social position during the Great Depression. Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture Bruce Bennett ( May 19 1906 &ndash February 24 2007) was an American Actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter Ann Marie Blyth (born August 16, 1928) is an Oscar-nominated American actress and Singer, often cast in Hollywood John Elmer "Jack" Carson ( October 27 1910 &ndash January 2 1963) was a Canadian-born U Zachary Scott ( February 24, 1914 – October 3, 1965) was an American actor most notable for his roles as villains and "mystery Eve Arden ( April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy -winning American Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. Frustrated by her unemployed, shiftless husband, and worried by their dwindling finances, Mildred separates from him and sets out to support herself and her children on her own. After a difficult search for a job among the ranks of the unemployed, she finally finds one but worries that it is beneath her middle-class station. Actually, Mildred worries more that her ambitious daughter Veda will think her new job beneath her. Veda happily enjoys Mildred's new financial success but increasingly turns ungrateful, demanding more and more from her hard-working mother and letting her contempt for people who must work for a living be known. Mildred's attachment to Veda forms the central tragedy of the novel.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
In 1945, the novel was made into a film starring Joan Crawford, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Bruce Bennett, and Lee Patrick. Mildred Pierce ( 1945) is a Warner Bros Feature film starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture Eve Arden ( April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy -winning American Ann Marie Blyth (born August 16, 1928) is an Oscar-nominated American actress and Singer, often cast in Hollywood John Elmer "Jack" Carson ( October 27 1910 &ndash January 2 1963) was a Canadian-born U Bruce Bennett ( May 19 1906 &ndash February 24 2007) was an American Actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter Lee Patrick ( November 22, 1901 – November 21, 1982) was an American Theater and Film Actress.
Mildred Pierce is a classic, postwar film noir mixed with typical soap operish elements of the woman's melodramatic picture or 'weeper,' including a strand of a typical murder mystery often told by flashback. The family melodrama was significantly modified from its original source due to pressures of the Production Code regarding its sordidness - namely, the incestual behavior of the dissolute playboy character named Monte.
Hungarian born director Michael Curtiz (who had already directed many diverse film genres, including The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Dodge City (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), The Sea Hawk (1940), Casablanca (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), and This is the Army (1943) shaped this significant film in the genre. The Adventures of Robin Hood is an American swashbuckler film released in 1938 and directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 Warner Brothers Gangster film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney, Dodge City is a Western movie starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ( 1939) is a romantic Drama film based on the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I, portrayed The Sea Hawk is a novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1915 Casablanca (in Standard Arabic: الدار البيضاء ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ; Moroccan Arabic: dar beïda الدار البيضا Yankee Doodle Dandy ( is a biographical film about George M Cohan, the actor-singer-dancer-playwright-songwriter-producer-theatre owner-director-choreographer This Is the Army is a 1943 American Motion picture produced by Hal B Curtiz reluctantly began filming with 'has been' star Joan Crawford, (The role was first considered by Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and Ann Sheridan) who had developed a reputation for being mannered and difficult, but was pleasantly surprised when she delivered one of the best performances of her career.
This film, a tremendous box office hit and critical success, was an adaptation by Ranald MacDougall and Catherine Turney (and William Faulkner) of James M. Cain's 1941 'hard boiled' novel of the same name. William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author James Mallahan Cain ( July 1, 1892 &ndash October 27, 1977) was an American Journalist Cain's original novel was a satire about bourgeois values, and a tale of poor parenthood. [Cain was responsible for two sources for film noir classics - his 1936 novella for Double Indemnity (1944) and his best selling work for Mildred Pierce (1945). Double Indemnity ( 1944) is an Academy Award nominated Film noir starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward ] Atypical for film noirs, the main protagonist in the film is a female - but she is typically brought down by a femme fatale - her own daughter. The murder story is told with a flashback structure reminiscent of Citizen Kane (1941). Citizen Kane ( 1941) is an American Dramatic film, and the first Feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored Successful promotional copy for the film read: 'Mildred Pierce - don't ever tell anyone what she did. '
The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Eve Arden and Ann Blyth, both with their only career nomination), Best Screenplay (Ranald MacDougall), and Best B/W Cinematography (Ernest Haller who previously shared the Color Cinematography Oscar for Gone with the Wind (1939). Crawford won the film's sole Academy Award Oscar (it was also her sole Academy Award win out of three career nominations) as Best Actress for her title role.
The title character is a hard-working, neurotically devoted, long-suffering and determined mother who has a status seeking, spoiled, detestable and mean-spirited, unloving daughter named Veda (Ann Blyth). Ann Marie Blyth (born August 16, 1928) is an Oscar-nominated American actress and Singer, often cast in Hollywood [Mirroring her real life, Joan Crawford supported herself as a waitress and saleswoman before she began making films. ] Mildred's ruinous but noble downfall occurs as the result of poor choices of men (including her dull, middle class broker husband Bert (Bruce Bennett)) and her caring for an ungrateful Veda. Bruce Bennett ( May 19 1906 &ndash February 24 2007) was an American Actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter (Other films of maternal self sacrifice for an insufferable child - before this one - include Imitation of Life (1934) with Claudette Colbert, and Stella Dallas (1937) with Barbara Stanwyck, and later would include Terms of Endearment (1983) with Shirley MacLaine. Imitation of Life is a 1934 American Drama film directed by John M Claudette Colbert ( IPA: /koʊlˈbɛɹ/ ( September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French -born American stage Stella Dallas is a 1937 film based on the novel of the same name. Barbara Stanwyck ( July 16, &ndash January 20,) was an American actress, a star of film and television known during her 60-year career as a Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known ) Although Mildred's maternal sacrifice is portrayed as noble, some have claimed that the film is cautionary and antifeminist, with Mildred presented as a typical 1940s postwar housewife whose American-dream-fulfilling, role-switching movement from suburban, middle-class homemaker to divorced, successful business entrepreneur (restaurant chain owner) results in corruptive, destructive disaster (both financial and personal). The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be This was symbolized in the film in movements from bright, daytime Southern California scenes to dark, criminal, nightmarish scenes.
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