Mildred Pierce (6/10) Movie CLIP - An Extravagant Birthday Gift (1945) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Mildred (Joan Crawford) gives her daughter Veda (Ann Blyth) a brand new car for her birthday, but she responds with a sense of entitlement.
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, Eve Arden, 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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[@mooka4515]

Ida is the BEST ever character. Any one would be lucky to have a friend like her.

[@MikeBoa555]

Eve Arden's comebacks are a blast. Nobody has ever come close to delivering lines in the same acid and witty flair.

[@josephhillyard3040]

I wish I had a friend like Ida

[@RaymondHng]

joseph hillyard Ida would've looked at Veda's getup and snarked, "When the cabin suddenly decompresses, I hope Veda will assist with everyone's oxygen mask before she puts on her own."

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

Veda's phoniness puts Eddie Haskell to shame. What a great performance by Ann Blyth.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

This movie is a textbook example of why Golden Age Hollywood was so great. This film showcases a great supporting cast, including Eve Arden, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, and above all, Ann Blyth, who had the role of a lifetime as Veda. Great movie.

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

Vida and her French "n'est ce pas?" to her mother...poor Mildred.

[@moimeme6533]

and her *_recherche_* lol

[@RaymondHng]

Veda looks like a flight attendant.

[@tonyktown]

LOL!!! that's exactly what I thought!

[@RaymondHng]

iflyTony Ida would've looked at Veda's getup and snarked, "When the cabin suddenly decompresses, I hope Veda will assist with everyone's oxygen mask before she puts on her own."

[@Michaelahol]

I would of told Veda to put on something that's fits her age.

[@oooh19]

Wasn't that the latest fashion?

[@annedavis6090]

WWII kids.... It was fashion, meant to resemble a US military service uniform....as was a flight attendant uniform.. sheesh🤦

[@LawrenceMartinez-fb1tt]

At 01:33 notice the attention to detail when the smoke is artfully blown around Vida & Mildred….little things like that required many takes….film noir is fascinating !

[@exbronco1980]

Joan shoulda gone mommie dearest on Veda.

[@RaymondHng]

exbronco1980 *No flight attendants hats **_ever_** !!!!! A $300 dollar dress!!! And you cheapen it with a flight attendant hat!!!*

[@edithisaok580]

Yeah. Get those wire hangers and comet cleansers ready. Scrubbing floors would have straightened her little spoiled butt right out. I cried for poor Moira's ( Kay's) passing.

[@annedavis6090]

@@RaymondHng It was called a Garrison cap. I was issued one as a standard nondress uniform cover (hat) when I enlisted in the US Navy back in 1978. It was not a flight attendant cap. Veda was wearing what was very fashionable at the time.. during WWII

[@jackanthony976]

@@edithisaok580 Send Veda to the nuns. They'll straighten her out.

[@jduwayne1]

It always puzzle me when someone makes derogatory comments about a period picture not understanding that was quite fashionable for females wearing that style of hat or hats period….Instead commenting positively on this Oscar winning film, it displays how unappreciative you are…

[@rebeccabechtel9701]

Eve Arden has always been a favorite of mine.

[@gianca60]

Ida was the perfect counterpart for Mildred. A practical business woman not interested in romancing weak males (ya gotta admit it, the three guys in the movie are pretty lame).

[@longone-oc2zz]

they were but it was only because it was a woman's film so the patriarch role was played down.

[@NelsonClick]

When I was 11 in 1975 my older sister bought an expensive pair of blue jeans and ran to her room to put them on. She emerged with them on to the large mirror in the hallway to look at herself. She asked me, "Well, what do you think? Good, huh?". I said they were "dreadfully recherche n’est-ce pas". She slapped me so hard in the face I had a ringing in my ear for an hour.

[@woodrowwildcat3286]

LOL EVE ARDEN - the greatest!

[@myloveisreal247]

Wow, the snark in this movie - just about every line has bite!

[@karllieck9064]

Veda: You have such a slappable face. Here goes...

[@2degucitas]

Is that Eve Arden?

[@peachfuzz1204]

2degucitas Yes, isn't she grand?😤

[@2degucitas]

peachfuzz1204 I remember her from The In Laws

[@oklahomorose]

Eve Arden was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in "Mildred Pierce".

[@RaymondHng]

2degucitas Ida would've looked at Veda's getup and snarked, "When the cabin suddenly decompresses, I hope Veda will assist with everyone's oxygen mask before she puts on her own."

[@michaelmiller1215]

2degucitas Yes! Love her!

[@isabellemartinelli7459]

Super film !

[@02chevyguy]

From the looks of things the car is a '45 Buick. Mildred drove a Caddy

[@leafsonata]

I love Ida🤣😂🤣

[@istvanpraha]

What does she say in French? Dreadfully...ray-che che? What does that mean?

[@joaquin.suarez]

Au revoir=good bye

[@annedavis6090]

It's "recherche" She essentially says "that would not be very sophisticated" referring to not using the gift Monty gave her..(the cigarette case)

[@agenttheater5]

@@annedavis6090 meaning she's poking fun at mildred for not speaking French saying it's unsophisticated to not know French and in general calling Mildred unsophisticated in general because she works - acting like she's older than 17

[@annedavis6090]

@@agenttheater5 thank you for a more complete answer

[@dignifiedblackman4742]

Monty was a BUM

[@allys744]

Hang on, Veda is “borrowing” money from anyone? She’s not exactly loaning from anyone, otherwise she would pay them back. I’ve seen this great movie about a dozen times and I don’t remember any scene if any that showed Veda paying any money back to those who gave to her. All she does is put on her “sweet” face and then people take pity on her. I highly doubt Veda ever paid anyone back, let alone her mother. It’s like Mildred said: her daughter is cheap and horrible.

[@MikeBoa555]

Apparently working for a living is shameful for Veda yet borrowing money from the working class she despises is okay.

[@gustavopanesso7297]

You grow horns and they will gauge your eyes out"..

[@notsureiL]

I thought she was going to cry because it is the wrong brand or color like in mtws trash "my sweet 16". Joans eyes she looks kind of scary 😑 I don't know why kind of cold just like David Nivens second wife Hjordis.

[@507dannyfe]

Smoking is gross 😝

[@karllieck9064]

Crack is worse.

[@travisjames3517]

The movie made it like Mildred was so innocent, but in the novel she’s NOT. She was a jerk just like Veda.

[@judywhiting4684]

Ahhhh.see what you get...when you.spoil them ROTTEN .....u get a snake....tHAT WILL turn on you....ssssssssssss

[@hebneh]

Mildred thinks that if she just throws money at her spoiled brat kid that everything will turn out swell. It won't.

[@cameronseymour8034]

First

[@longone-oc2zz]

ann has aged well. she was still a looker in the 70s.