In 1941, Cain published his fourth novel, “Mildred Pierce,” a book that has such an aesthetic at its heart. The story of a divorcee in Depression-era Glendale, it was filmed in 1945 with Joan ...

This is an apt metaphor for Mildred Pierce, a book that delivers much more of a wicked kick than expected, especially if you’ve been raised on the saccharine pieties of the film.

Of all the classic noir writers, perhaps none has been as tarnished by the brush of genre as James M. Cain. That’s because Cain was not just a great hard-boiled novelist but a great novelist ...

In Ann Blyth's opinion, her character Veda Pierce in the film noir classic "Mildred Pierce" (1945) isn't a misunderstood young woman. As the femme fatale who leads her poor mother (played by Joan ...

Part 3 of Mildred Pierce is just so restaurant-y. Advertisement In this, we get to see Mildred (Kate Winslet) take charge of her chicken-and-waffles (or veggies) restaurant, with pies.

‘Mildred Pierce – don’t ever tell anyone what she did.” And Kate Winslet didn’t want to know. That was the promotional line for the 1945 film starring Joan Crawford in… ...