What is Mildred Pierce?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce trailer.jpg|thumb|300px|This is a shot of Crawford as she looked in the movie.]] '''''Mildred Pierce''''' is a [[film noir]] movie. It was made in 1945. The movie was based on a book of the same name by James M. Cain. It was directed by [[Michael Curtiz]]. The movie got good reviews. It stars [[Joan Crawford]]. She won the Best Actress [[Academy Award]]. The movie was picked for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. == Story == The movie is about a [[housewife]] named Mildred Pierce. Her marriage is troubled. Her husband leaves her for dead-common Mrs. Beedlehoff. Mildred has two little girls. Kay is a nice kid; Veda is a spoiled-rotten, high-falutin' brat. Mildred must take care of her kids alone by secretly slinging hash. She is a good cook. She opens a restaurant. Kay dies. Business is great. She gets rich. Mildred gives Veda everything she wants. Mildred starts to date a [[playboy]] named Monty. He is spoiled, too. He constantly asks Mildred for money. He never pays it back. One day she finds Monty and Veda in an act of intimacy. Mildred has a gun. She wants to shoot Monty. She drops the gun. She runs away crying. Later Veda shoots Monty when he tells her to get out of his life because she is nothing more than a saucy little tramp. Veda is seized at the airport attempting to flee Los Angeles and is sent to jail. There is nothing her rich mother can do. She reunites with her husband. {{Women's Movies}} {{movie-stub}} [[Category:1945 movies]] [[Category:Film noir]] [[Category:American crime movies]] [[Category:Women's movies]] [[Category:United States National Film Registry movies]] [[Category:Movies based on books]] [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by Michael Curtiz]]