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starring: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson directed by: Michael Curtiz

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Average Rating: Rating: - Crawford's greatest film becomes an OUTSTANDING DELUXE DVD! Warner Bros. has outdone themselves to bring one of the finest classics in their library to DVD. This transfer of MILDRED PIERCE is so perfect, so sharp, clear & glistening, it's almost like watching a different film. Gone are the spots and glitches. The image is smooth and gorgeous, lusciously capturing Ernest Haller's masterful cinematography. The sound is amazing too, for a film of this vintage. The film itself is Joan Crawford's finest hour, and one of the best film noir ever turned out by Hollywood. It's virtues are legendary by now, and I need not recount them here. This is simply a must have for even a casual film buff. A stylish and intelligent drama which is a testament to the dozens of talents that brought it to the screen. If a phenomenal transfer if an essetial classic wasn't enough, Warners has given us a B side with a feature length documentary entitled JOAN CRAWFORD: THE ULTIMATE MOVIE STAR. This is an excellent program that was made for the Turner Classic Movies channel a few months ago, and makes its home video debut here. With an astounding array of interesting interviews, rare film clips, and sumptuous photographs, the show takes the gloves off and presents both sides of the Crawford persona. Her incredible drive for stardom and perfection, her unique place in the hollywood pantheon, as well as the damage her reptutation has suffered due to the revelations made by her daughter Christina who is one of the many interviewed to recount stories about the real Joan Crawford. Others who knew Crawford wisely counter the daughter's words, with their own perceptions, leaving the viewer the opportunity to judge for themselves what they think of Joan Crawford. A very well-researched and entertaining film indeed. Now, they're not done... Warners has also included 9 trailers, including all of Joan's WB films made from MILDRED through THIS WOMAN IS DANGEROUS in 1952. This special feature alone is worth the price of the disc. It's really a field day for the film buff to get an amazingly restored DVD of one of the greatest films of hollywood's heyday, a superb feature documentary, and a host of other extras, for a list price of $20. My hat's off to the great folks at Warner Bros. home video. Rating: - Slap Her Harder, Mildred! This movie could also have been called The Daughter From Hell. Joan Crawford plays a very giving mother who wants her children to have the best of everything (especially Veda). To accomplish this, she starts her own business which becomes incredibly successful and she sacrifices herself. Her reward is the most selfish, uncaring, self-centred daughter you'll ever see on the screen. I have certain problems with this film. First of all, I'm not a Crawford fan, although I will admit she's good in the movie. Secondly, I have hard time believing this mother-daughter relationship (it's too extreme). And thirdly, the movie leans more closely to melodrama than film noir (which is what I wanted to see). Having said all this, I would still recommend the movie because there is a pretty good mystery in the way the plot is constructed, Eve Arden is great as Joan's wisecracking assistant, and Ann Blyth is excellent (you'll hate her) as Veda, the daughter no one would want. It's a well made movie, and it will probably appeal to a lot of people. Rating: - CRAWFORD'S VICTORIOUS ROLE. MILDRED PIERCE is a classic film noir with exceptionally fine performances. Joan plays the title role with such dedicated conviction that you feel both angry and empathetic for her character: her daughter Veda (Ann Blyth) has got to be the most ungrateful daughter of all time! Crawford plays the valiant, hardworking, ambitious Mildred who eventually owns a chain of successful restaurants (with the help of a ne'er-do-well playboy by the name of Monte Berrigan (the unique Zachary Scott)...Jack Carson gives his usual unaffected performance as Wally and Eve Arden is a hoot as the very tall Ida, Mildred's cynical, no-nonsense friend who initially hired Mildred as a waitress against her better judgement - and, as a consolation prize, later works for Ms. Pierce...Classic line from Ida: "Personally, Veda's convinced me that alligators have the right idea. They eat their young". As the selfish, affected, mercenary Veda, Ann Blyth plays the teenage wench with such venomous sincerity that 1945 audiences were quite impressed with her performance. P.S. I find it rather amusing that a tune heard on the radio during a key love scene comes from a Bette Davis picture: IT CAN'T BE WRONG from NOW, VOYAGER; it's a kind of subtle reminder of their legendary feud! About a year and a half priorly, Crawford had left M-G-M and signed a Warners contract. Davis, the undisputed Queen of Warners, refused to do this film when the role of Mildred Pierce was offered her. Crawford won her long-awaited AA while Davis's career was rapidly faltering...

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