Melodrama Casts Noirish Shadows In This Portrait Of Maternal Sacrifice From The Hollywood Master Michael Curtiz. Its Iconic Performance By Joan Crawford (Johnny Guitar) 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. Recasting James M. Cain S Rich Psychological Novel As A Murder Mystery This Bitter Cocktail Of Blind Parental Love And All-American Ambition Is Both Unremittingly Hard-Boiled And Sumptuously Emotional.Two-Dvd Special Edition Features- New 4K Digital Restoration- New Conversation About Mildred Pierce With Critics Molly Haskell And Robert Polito- Excerpt From A 1970 Episode Of The David Frost Show Featuring Actor Joan Crawford- Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star A 2002 Feature-Length Documentary On Crawford S Life And Career- Q&A With Actor Ann Blyth From 2002 Conducted By Film Historian Eddie Muller- Segment From A 1969 Episode Of The Today Show Featuring Novelist James M. Cain- Trailer- Plus: An Essay By Critic Imogen Sara Smith
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