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Mildred Pierce

1945 film by Michael Curtiz
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Mildred Pierce
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Mildred Pierce is a drama film, film noir, and a film based on a novel . The movie earned an Academy Award for Best Actress [1].

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Actress[3]
  • Director: Michael Curtiz[4]
  • Screenwriter: Ranald MacDougall[5], James M. Cain[6], William Faulkner[7], Albert Maltz[8]
  • Composer: Max Steiner[9]
  • Genre: drama film[10], film noir[11]
  • Based on: Mildred Pierce[12]
  • Cast member: Joan Crawford[13], Jack Carson[14], Zachary Scott[15], Ann Blyth[16], Eve Arden[17], Moroni Olsen[18], Butterfly McQueen[19], Bruce Bennett[20], Lee Patrick[21], Charles Trowbridge[22], James Flavin[23], Joyce Compton[24], Veda Ann Borg[25], George Tobias[26]
  • Producer: Jerry Wald[27]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[28], Warner Bros. Pictures[29]
  • Director of photography: Ernest Haller[30]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32]
  • Commons category: Mildred Pierce (film)[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 8/10[35], 88/100[36], 88%[37], 7.9/10[38]
  • Color: black-and-white[39]
  • Country of origin: United States[40]
  • Publication date: September 24, 1945[41], April 24, 1950[42], October 20, 1945[43]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[44], Netflix[45], HBO Max[46]
  • Narrative location: Los Angeles[47]
  • Filming location: Malibu[48]
  • Film editor: David Weisbart[49]
  • Described by source: AWFJ’s Top 100 Films List[50]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[51], Academy Award for Best Actress[52], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White[53], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[54], Academy Award for Best Picture[55]
  • Executive producer: Jack Warner[56]

Why It Matters

Mildred Pierce has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

FAQs

What awards did Mildred Pierce receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Actress[3].

Related Entities

Ann Blyth Eve Arden film Jack Warner James M. Cain Joan Crawford Los Angeles Max Steiner Michael Curtiz Netflix United States William Faulkner

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  23. [26] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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