Mildred Pierce (10/10) Movie CLIP - Veda's Secret (1945) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Mildred (Joan Crawford) is shocked to find that Veda (Ann Blyth) and Monte (Zachary Scott) had been involved in an affair. Then, in the heat of an argument, Veda shoots Monte with Mildred's gun.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
Joan Crawford won an Academy Award for her bravura portrayal of the titular heroine in Mildred Pierce. The original James M. Cain novel concerns a wife and mother who works her way to financial security to provide a rosy future for her beloved daughter, but encounters difficulties and tragedies along the way. Ranald McDougall's screenplay tones down the sexual content, enhancing its film noir value by adding a sordid murder. The film opens with oily lounge lizard Monte Beragon (Zachary Scott) being pumped full of bullets. Croaking out the name "Mildred", he collapses and dies. Both the police and the audience are led to believe that the murderer is chain-restaurant entrepreneur Mildred Pierce (Crawford), who takes the time to relate some of her sordid history. As the flashback begins, we see Mildred unhappily married to philandering Bert Pierce (Bruce Bennett). She divorces him, keeping custody of her two beloved daughters, Veda (Ann Blyth) and Kay (Jo Anne Marlowe). To keep oldest daughter Veda in comparative luxury, Mildred ends up taking a waitressing position at a local restaurant. With the help of slimy real estate agent Wally Fay (Jack Carson), she eventually buys her own establishment, which grows into a chain of restaurants throughout Southern California. Meanwhile, Mildred smothers Veda in affection and creature comforts. She goes so far as to enter into a loveless marriage with the wealthy Monty Beragon in order to improve her social standing; Beragon repays the favor by living the life of a layabout playboy, much to Mildred's dismay -- and possible financial ruin.
CREDITS:
TM & © Warner Bros. (1945)
Cast: Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth, Joan Crawford
Director: Michael Curtiz
Producers: Jerry Wald, Jack L. Warner
Screenwriters: James M. Cain, William Faulkner, Ranald MacDougall, Catherine Turney, Albert Maltz, Margaret Gruen, Margaret Buell Wilder, Thames Williamson, Louise Randall Pierson
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[@call2872]

The lighting in the film is amazing. Especially when Mildred step into the light, the lighting hits her face and she 'saw' the true face of her daughter.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

The real murder of Monte Beragon is Mildred daugther Veda

[@JW-do2wc]

Veda was nominated for being on the 100 movie villains list.

[@SM-pu2dh]

How did she not get a place on the list

[@daughterofolaf]

My god, Veda is hands down one of the most disgusting, infuriating characters I have ever seen in any film.

[@cupcakes7015]

Right 😡 8/20/2020

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

I wish TCM aired Noir Alley to represented Mildred Pierce in celebrate Mothers Day this may

[@claudiaarmah2389]

She is disgusting because of her narcissistic and egotistical behavior. The root cause of her bratty behavior is frustration due to the loss of her father to divorce and her baby sister, Kay.

[@SophiahKoikasWindyQueen]

omg agree!

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

​@Bread Sandwich Ann Blyth it's best

[@Themanwhocameback2]

My God, from the moment Mildred quietly steps down the stairs this is a masterpiece of film directing and lighting. What could easily have become what Caro Burnett parodied, is still a riveting piece of film drama.

[@HelloHello-tm7uc]

Perfect combination of film noir and melodrama-- this movie is incredible!

[@Kaboomboo]

If it was in color like the Burnett parody it wouldn't have worked as well. The B&W film just made it exquisite.

[@lesliewilliams5510]

Indeed

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

​​@@HelloHello-tm7uc Like The Lost Weekend also combination between film noir & melodrama. Winning the 4 time Oscar winning for Best Actor for Ray Millard, Best Director & Original Screenplay for Billy Wilder become the first double Oscar win before Joseph L Mankiewicz & a course award winning for Best Picture.

[@donaldstanfield8862]

JC still creeps me out!!

[@hebneh]

There's nothing comparable to the look and sound of '40s Warner Bros. movies. I grew up watching old movies on TV, long ago, and some things have always stayed with me from them.

[@gwtwvivien]

I will never understand why Ann Blyth didnt got the Oscar. She made a magnificent Veda.

[@donaldstanfield8862]

Who won??

[@gwtwvivien]

@@donaldstanfield8862 Anne Revere for "National Velvet"

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

@@gwtwvivien No

[@mellttabor2134]

Where did you get the idea I’d marry you? ………….. same song different year ladies!!!!!!

[@drunkenramble4120]

I love introducing people to this movie, It's one of the Best Classic Movies Ever!!!

[@scotgat]

The strains in the music, as Joan Crawford descends the staircase, are those from Richard Wagner's Das Rhinegold, when Wotan and Loge descend into Neibelheim. Even under the pressure of the studio system, artists didn't forget their artistry.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

Max Steiner's scores, from King Kong onwards, were highlights of any film he worked on.

[@margaretross9150]

@@ValleyoftheRogue The waltz from Jezebel is my favourite; heartache, nostalgia, and turmoil all in one piece of music.

[@rockmassa4151]

Vida Will Finally Get Away From The Smell Of Restaurant Grease

[@TheRmjr]

Rock Massa Yes, in prison.

[@Ch50304]

@Fluffy Panda not really, she is just getting punished for her crimes.

[@tigertank06]

Not unless she works in the prison kitchen. 😂😂😂.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

@@tigertank06 priceless...

[@eagleeye2300]

Lol, and we are all delightefd that she'll be in the clink eating canned goop. Karmic justice.

[@jamesfox2579]

Ann Blythe was excellent in the role as "Veda!" A most gifted actress. One of my favorite from her was made in 1949, titled: "Our Very Own."

[@acmarston]

Yes, Farley Granger was good too.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

@@acmarston Before Cathy McDonnell in They Live With Us

[@donaldstanfield8862]

She's fascinating

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Kismet (Remake) it's the best

[@jaymesguy239]

If you ever need to shoot someone, do it in that dress! Fabulous!

[@jackanthony976]

In the old Hollywood movies, a woman always committed murder in full makeup and hairdo and in a fabulous dress by either Adrian or Edith Head.

[@Ch50304]

@@jackanthony976 Yes, u can't be a murderer dressing poor.

[@triciajohansen7124]

Or have Veda do the job for you!

[@tigertank06]

@@triciajohansen7124 Lolol.

[@annepurcell4495]

@@jackanthony976 - Or Helen Rose! Don't forget her, lol.

[@Muswell]

@ 0.16 .... that lighting ! Superb. They don't light things ARTISTICALLY nowadays.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

The cinematography is as good as it gets in any movie. Just great.

[@raeray2235]

Joan Crawford is an absolute ICON. This film is one of the greatest!

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Like Bette Davis

[@allys744]

Veda’s dress was GORGEOUS. but what color was it?? I always thought it was gold, but then I saw the carol burnett parody and it was pink. Still pretty tho.

[@ispent35minutestryingtocha80]

It seems peach colored to me, but I’m not totally sure

[@gwtwvivien]

Im sure her skirt is pink. Made of tulle.

[@DiscoMatty79]

Kids these days...I mean, those days. Oh please, they were always terrible.

[@popcorn247]

LOL!

[@lotusakiblossom6694]

I agree

[@beangautsy3758]

sights and styles change, but people stay the same

[@agenttheater5]

This might be simplifying the story but.....: "How sharper than the serpent's tooth to have a thankless child!" (William Shakespeare's King Lear Act 1 Scene 4)

[@tywilliamnash5078]

I’ve never seen this film yet... I’m going to have to remedy this as quickly as possible.

[@jaymesguy239]

I just love that beach house. In its history, it belonged to several famous Hollywood insiders, including the director of this movie, apparently. It would eventually get washed into the Pacific Ocean during a storm. Too bad, not that it probably wouldn't have been torn down for 'development' anyway.

[@donaldstanfield8862]

I thought it was was way too close to the water!!!

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

Zachary Scott was wonderful playing the slimy Monty Beragon. Unlike the book where this character lives, I am glad the character got bumped off at the beginning of the film. It makes for far better storytelling and fits in perfectly with the film noir of the era. Scott, like Jack Carson (Wally), died way too young. He died of a brain tumor in 1965.

[@leodefine86]

One of the greatest movies ever made!

[@babyamom2004]

This movie makes me happy to not have any kids.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

Carol Burnetts parody of this is also priceless;;;Mildred Fierce...check it out...

[@LibbySingsMezzo]

That's not how the book ends. Veda does run off with Monty.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Never knew. so I guess men DO stick with tramps.

[@Belacroix5]

I like this ending better.

[@m.e.d.7997]

I like when movies stick with the book myself. But this movie WAS tops.

[@chitsb]

Apparently Hollywood had many rules those days so they had to include this scene.

[@m.oriley8260]

Exactly. Hays Office.

[@valeriecampbell9581]

those shoulder pads

[@AleisterMeowley]

Right in the bread basket

[@12classics39]

She literally slept with her stepdad. That's crossing a LINE.

[@jaengen]

It still happens all the time in certain southern parts of the U.S.

[@mikeyoreilly4402]

"Oh Mommy!" Monty fall down and go boom boom!!" "Vida I think it's time for a little discipline." "This is just as much your fault as it is mine!" "After all, I didn't spoil me rotten, you did!!"

[@iradubasalaysa4550]

The mildred fierce sketch from carol burnett show hahaha.🤣🤣🤣

[@gustavopanesso7297]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gustavopanesso7297]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@philipdraper7284]

The score when she’s descending the staircase ALWAYS sounded to my old movie score ear like the same score from the “Wolfman” (1941) but I could be wrong

[@josephhillyard3040]

Well someone went to the Annalise Keating school of getting away with murder and failed

[@hipsterdoofus1026]

Ann Blyth is so good, she’s stumbles and acts drunk at the start

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

my favourite black n white movie....

[@richardpowell1772]

Damn, Monty Slick

[@user-mb1sy9uz6z]

Monte & Veda both got what they deserved in the end! Channel 5 Movie Classic!!❤😂

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

2:00 Veda shot Monte

[@marieelena]

I love this movie,classic Film Noir

[@HelloHello-tm7uc]

Film noir and MELODRAMA

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

I hope Mildred Pierce air on TCM in Noir Alley

[@angelinajoanie]

That hussy!!😡

[@annstillwell730]

I like this ending better. 🎉

[@isabellemartinelli7459]

Souvenirs , souvenirs !

[@johnderham2829]

Brilliant

[@klassicalmuzik]

I often wonder what the outcome of the murder trial would have been? Would she have been acquitted simply because she was a woman (in the same manner as Lizzie Borden was acquitted due to her gender and the times) who was manipulated and taken advantage of by an older man. She also could've gotten a second degree murder charge since she didnt kill him with premeditation, it was more a spur the moment decision. not to mention she was not the one who brought the gun to the beach house and had no intentions of murdering Monte. Her lawyers could've argue temporary insanity due to a rejection impulse that followed with an out of body experience when she pulled the trigger. Or maybe she would've been charged with first degree murder? What do you all think?

[@karllieck9064]

I think when Mildred dropped the gun, it should have discharged and shot off Veda's left tit, then proceed into the bottom of her chin and finally tunneling through her brain and out the skull. As far as the legal implications of this murder, my mind's a blank. Click, click, click. Gosh. No more bullets.

[@vladimirenlow4388]

Murder 2 sounds about right. The deciding factor would be if Mildred was willing to shell out for a good attorney who could effectively argue for the insanity defense. That's questionable given the circumstances.

[@kaysmith1666]

Veda is a tramp

[@christopherbrown2706]

Given the lack of motive and the Hays Code, likely second degree, which I think would be 20 years or some such.

[@reyemtiw]

Daughter was caught f....ng her mother’s husband then kills him. It’s the 1940’s morals. No “she was lured into it.” All male jury. She fled. She lied to the police. The consensual affair was going on for years. The gun was downstairs so she had to go get it. Unsympathetic defendant. Tried and convicted in the press for sure. Unanimous guilty.

[@the_ajcd]

Who watched this after watching Carol Burnett's version of this scene?

[@kiransampat4338]

Exzellenter U.S Krimi aus den 50er Jahren.Joan Crawford und Ann Blythe spielen nuanciert in diesem Schwarz-Weiss Thriller.

[@Chamsk]

Vida the vipere lol

[@robertplatt1693]

How did she have time to go downstairs to get the gun?

[@robertonline6543]

So what happened at the end?

[@karllieck9064]

Veda goes to jail and Mildred and her hubby get back together...maybe.

[@roberthenderson4466]

CLICK CLICK CLICK. VEDA EMPTIED THAT GUN QUICK ! ! !

[@WikeddTung]

Harvey Corman did it better

[@02chevyguy]

Uh, Joan...here's a little secret for you. TURN OFF THE LIGHTS BEFORE STARTING THE CAR!

[@TheRmjr]

Monte was such a handsome character

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

Zachary Scott was a fine actor gone too soon because of a brain tumor. He was just 51. His first wife was later married to writer John Steinbeck.

[@karllieck9064]

I think Wally was hotter.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

@@karllieck9064 Jack Carson also died young, in 1963, of cancer. He was a fine actor.

[@1158scott]

After watching this movie for years, just realized what a cruel, heartless woman Mildred is. She a martyr the whole movie, sacrificing for Veda. But right at movies start she tries to frame Wally for murder & after he helped & advised her for free to get her restaurant started. Very Evil.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

Seek help! have you even seen the movie?

[@1158scott]

@@Themanwhocameback2 GROW UP, TROLL. Mildred is just a movie character & she went out of her way to frame for murder the guy that always helped her. An evil act showing a huge character inconsistency in the script.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

@@1158scott Again, you responded within seconds. Do you have a life, dude? You are nuts. Seek help!

[@1158scott]

@@Themanwhocameback2 You reply with a useless, gratuitous, attempt at an insult to a year old factual comment about a fictional movie character! Talk about needing a life & getting help! Do you have any self-awareness? Then it baffles you I replied now when your garbage comment pops up on my screen, instead of waiting a year. Real smart. Stop projecting your issues onto others.

[@larry1824]

Well I'd die smiling seeing her in that dress😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@jeffreyprather5834]

GREAT MOVIE LOVE JOAN CRAWFORD, VIDA IS HOT

[@1158scott]

VIDA IS EVIL 😈

[@Kaboomboo]

Wasn't Monte's family bleeding money? Like the only reason Mildred married him was because of his properties that were slowly being foreclosed on and she could have the house so her daughter would come home. So why would Veda want to marry him anyway?

[@daughterofolaf]

I have only seen this movie once so maybe I missed something but none of that made sense to me either. It also didn’t make sense for Mildred to marry Monte to get Veda back if he was broke and had homes in foreclosure as he mentioned. I feel like I must have missed something.

[@SanFranDentist94301]

The story is about class. Old money vs new money. Its much more explicit in the book that Veda thinks that Mildred is trash. In the film she even implies that Mildred is passing for White and is actually Black and is naturally inclined to servitude. Monty is old money-even if there's not much actual cash. His name can add dignity to the family.

[@Kaboomboo]

@@SanFranDentist94301 oh dang! That's heavy. Thanks for sharing.

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

As I understand it, in the book upon which the movie is based, she finds them together in bed.

[@arthurgearheard4701]

But the film was made in 1945!

[@gregingram4996]

@@arthurgearheard4701True. They couldn't even show Lucy and Desi in bed together ten years later, and they were married in real life!

[@sewing2165]

I have a car like Mildred Pierce

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

You have a car that is like Mildred Pierce? How strange! ;-)

[@whitneypendergrass5907]

Veda was the worst!

[@Kazdenaze]

She’s a queen

[@robertplatt1693]

My mom was not allowed to see this movie when it came out. She had to sneak in.