Mildred Pierce (1945 film)

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film film noir melodrama film

Mildred Pierce (1945 film) is a classic American film noir–melodrama that revitalized Joan Crawford’s career, featuring her Oscar-winning performance as a self-sacrificing mother entangled in crime and family betrayal.

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Mildred Pierce 9
Mildred Pierce (1945 film) canonical 3
Mildred Pierce (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
melodrama film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork James M. Cain ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Joan Crawford ⓘ
basedOn Mildred Pierce (novel) ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
centralTheme betrayal ⓘ
class aspiration ⓘ
crime ⓘ
mother–daughter relationship ⓘ
cinematography Ernest Haller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Michael Curtiz ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editedBy David Weisbart ⓘ
featuresCharacter Monte Beragon ⓘ
Veda Pierce (character) ⓘ
surface form: Veda Pierce

Wally Fay ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ
hasCultStatus true ⓘ
leadCharacter Mildred Pierce (1945 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mildred Pierce
leadCharacterOccupation restaurant owner ⓘ
musicBy Max Steiner ⓘ
narrativeDevice flashback ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
notableFor revitalizing Joan Crawford’s career ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Jerry Wald ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1945-10-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1945 ⓘ
restoredBy The Criterion Collection ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenwriter Catherine Turney ⓘ
Ranald MacDougall ⓘ
William Faulkner ⓘ
setInLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
setInPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
starring Ann Blyth ⓘ
Bruce Bennett ⓘ
Eve Arden ⓘ
Jack Carson ⓘ
Joan Crawford ⓘ
Moroni Olsen ⓘ
Zachary Scott ⓘ
supportingActressNominee Ann Blyth ⓘ
Eve Arden ⓘ

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Michael Curtiz → notableWork → Mildred Pierce (1945 film) ⓘ
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Ernest Haller → workedOn → Mildred Pierce (1945 film) ⓘ
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National Board of Review Award for Best Actress → firstAwardedFor → Mildred Pierce (1945 film) ⓘ
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Mildred Pierce → follows → Mildred Pierce (1945 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Mildred Pierce (2011 miniseries)
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Jack Carson → performedIn → Mildred Pierce (1945 film) ⓘ
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Eve Arden → notableWork → Mildred Pierce (1945 film) ⓘ
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Ilona Kovács → notableWork → Mildred Pierce (1945 film) ⓘ
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Rudi Fehr → workedOn → Mildred Pierce (1945 film) ⓘ
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Bruce Bennett → actedIn → Mildred Pierce (1945 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mildred Pierce
James M. Cain → hasAdaptation → Mildred Pierce (1945 film) ⓘ