Mildred Pierce
(DVD) 

Based on the novel by James M. Cain.

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1945.

Double-sided disc includes film (side A) and special features (side B).

Special features Side A: Cast and crew [text feature]; Awards [text feature]; Side B: Joan Crawford: The ultimate movie star / written, produced and directed by Peter Fitzgerald [featurette] (87 min.); Trailer gallery (21 min.).

Director of photography, Ernest Haller ; editor, David Weisbart ; art director, Anton Grot ; music by Max Steiner.

Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg, Jo Ann Marlowe.

Mildred Pierce is a happily married woman with two kids, living in the suburbs of sunny California. She secretly takes a job as a waitress so that she can pay for piano lessons and expensive clothes for her eldest daughter, Veda. Her growing financial independence permits her to open her own restaurant, and eventually a chain of eateries. She has divorced her intolerant first husband, and married well-connected Monte in order to get Veda into high society. Greedy, self-absorbed Veda is still ungrateful, and demands an even greater sacrifice of her mother. Eventually, Mildred finds herself ensnared in the world of police and suspicion when Monte is mysteriously murdered.

MPAA rating: Not Rated ; Canadian Home Video rating: PG.

DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital mono.; in standard format, preserving original theatrical exhibition aspect ratio, 1.33:1.

Closed-captioned.

In English, with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish.

Acadamy Award, Best Actress in a Leading Role, 1946; National Film Registry, 1996