Mildred Pierce (1945)
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Writer:
Ranald MacDougall
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Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce |
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Jack Carson as Wally Fay |
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Zachary Scott as Monte Beragon |
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Eve Arden as Ida Corwin |
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Ann Blyth as Veda Pierce Forrester |
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Bruce Bennett as Albert 'Bert' Pierce |
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Lee Patrick as Maggie Biederhof |
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Moroni Olsen as Inspector Peterson |
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Veda Ann Borg as Miriam Ellis |
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Jo Ann Marlowe as Kay Pierce |
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Butterfly McQueen as Lottie (uncredited) |
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Bill Alcorn as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Betty Alexander as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Ramsay Ames as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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George Anderson as Peterson's Assistant (uncredited) |
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Robert Arthur as High School Boy (uncredited) |
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Lynn Baggett as Waitress (uncredited) |
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Leah Baird as Police Matron (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Barrett as Dorothy (uncredited) |
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Barbara Brown as Mrs. Forrester (uncredited) |
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Claire Carleton as Thieving Waitress (uncredited) |
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Doria Caron as Waitress (uncredited) |
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Wheaton Chambers as Personnel Man (uncredited) |
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Wallis Clark as Wally's Lawyer (uncredited) |
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Chester Clute as Mr. Jones (uncredited) |
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John Compton as Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited) |
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Joyce Compton as Waitress (uncredited) |
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Clancy Cooper as Policeman (uncredited) |
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David Cota as Pancho (uncredited) |
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Tom Dillon as Policeman (uncredited) |
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James Flavin as Detective (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
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Angela Greene as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Hack as Little Girl (uncredited) |
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Arthur Stuart Hull as First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited) |
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Charles Jordan as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Marjorie Kane as Waitress (uncredited) |
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Fred Kelsey as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited) |
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Richard Kipling as Personnel Man (uncredited) |
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Manart Kippen as Dr. Gale (uncredited) |
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Marion Lessing as Waitress (uncredited) |
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Jimmy Lono as Monte's Houseboy (uncredited) |
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Jean Lorraine as Woman (uncredited) |
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George Meader as Man (uncredited) |
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Harold Miller as Man (uncredited) |
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Jack Mower as Jack the Mailman (uncredited) |
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Frank O'Connor as First Night Diner (uncredited) |
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Garry Owen as Policeman on Pier (uncredited) |
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Paul Panzer as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Larry Rio as Reporter (uncredited) |
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William Ruhl as Personnel Man (uncredited) |
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Jeffrey Sayre as Diner Customer (uncredited) |
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Mary Servoss as Nurse (uncredited) |
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George Tobias as Mr. Chris (uncredited) |
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Charles Trowbridge as Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited) |
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Johnny Walsh as Delivery Man (uncredited) |
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Joan Winfield as Piano Teacher (uncredited) |
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John Christian as Singing Teacher (uncredited) |
| Writing | Ranald MacDougall | Screenplay |
| Camera | Ernest Haller | Director of Photography |
| Editing | David Weisbart | Editor |
| Directing | Michael Curtiz | Director |
| Writing | James M. Cain | Novel |
| Production | Jerry Wald | Producer |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Art | George James Hopkins | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milo Anderson | Costume Design |
| Production | Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Frank Heath | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Harry Barndollar | Special Effects |
| Directing | Dick Moder | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Willard Van Enger | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edwin Allen | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Anton Grot | Art Direction |
| Sound | Oliver S. Garretson | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Cooley | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Robert G. Wayne | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Music Director |
| Camera | Milton Gold | Still Photographer |
| Writing | Herschel Daugherty | Dialogue |
| Camera | William Schurr | Additional Camera |
| Art | Bertram Tuttle | Supervising Art Director |
| Crew | James Leicester | Other |
| Visual Effects | Paul Detlefsen | Matte Painter |
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Orchestrator |
