Mildred Pierce

Lavalley, Albert J., Edited & with an Intro. By

ISBN 10: 0299083748 / ISBN 13: 9780299083748

Published by University Of Wisconsin Press, WI, 1980

About this Item

Joan wins an Oscar & gets a new lease on her failing career. Inclds. the wonderful screenplay, notes on the making of the film & 28 noirish frame enlargements. Notable for Max Steiner's music, Anton de Grot's great sets & Ernest Haller's moody beautiful b&w cinematography. "Mildred Pierce, don't ever tell anyone what she did." An uncommon screenplay. Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mildred Pierce
• Publisher: University Of Wisconsin Press, WI
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299083748
• ISBN 13: 9780299083748
• Binding: Paper
• Edition: 1st Paper Edition.
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Screenplays
  • Film Noir

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Synopsis

Joan Crawford forged a new and successful screen image in this powerful women's noir film; winning her an Academy Award for best actress.

Albert J. LaValley's through and insightful guide to Mildred Pierce at once tells us much about the making of this complex film, the problems and process of transferring the story to the screen, the specific and important roles of the producer, director, and set designer, and how the film relates to broad trends within the industry. It is without a doubt the most thorough treatment of this important American motion picture.

About the Authors

Albert J. LaValley, associate professor of film and English at Rutgers University, was, at the time this book was published, visiting associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Tino Balio is professor emeritus of film in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and former director of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. He is author of United Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950 and Volume 2, 1951–1978 as well as Grand Design: Hollywood as Modern Business Enterprise, 1930–1939. He is editor of The American Film Industry and Hollywood in the Age of Television.