1. Kate Winslet takes on 'Mildred Pierce' in miniseries that stays true to novel
28 aug 2017 · The story begins in 1931 as Mildred's husband, a failed real-estate developer, is about to leave her and their two daughters for another woman.
‘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…
2. Kate Winslet's 'Mildred Pierce' on HBO isn't based on Joan Crawford's ...
27 mrt 2011 · Kate Winslet's 'Mildred Pierce' on HBO isn't based on Joan Crawford's version - cleveland.com.
The five-part miniseries that begins Sunday night is said to be more faithful to James M. Cain's novel.
3. Mildred Pierce (1945) | The Film Spectrum
17 nov 2013 · The real-life story was a tragic reversal of the victimization in Mildred Pierce, replacing Mildred's positive self-sacrificing mother with a ...
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4. Mildred Pierce (1945) - True Myth Media
8 aug 2019 · “Pierce” starts with the murder of Monte Beragon, and then the rest of the film is told in flashback form while Mildred recounts her story to a ...
A hard-working mother divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to keep her spoiled daughter’s rich-tastes satisfied, but her lust for wealth seems unquenchable, and the pair hurdle towards disaster.
5. 'Mildred Pierce': A Masterpiece Of Modern Film Noir - NPR
22 mrt 2011 · The HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce is based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, replacing Joan Crawford — who won an Oscar for the 1945 film ...
The HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce is based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, replacing Joan Crawford — who won an Oscar for the 1945 film version — with Kate Winslet. TV critic David Bianculli says Winslet does wonders with her role — and will be tough to beat, come Emmy season.
6. The Great Los Angeles Novel - The Atlantic
15 mei 2011 · HBO's Mildred Pierce is based on James M. Cain's book that has to go down as one of the great failures of American fiction.
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7. Ambitions Meet Quiet Noir In 'Mildred Pierce' - NPR
25 mrt 2011 · "It was no longer a film noir; it was almost a social realist document about rough times in a very specific economic moment in our history." In ...
Kate Winslet stars in the new HBO miniseries, Mildred Pierce, a remake of the classic Joan Crawford film about an ambitious woman capable of anything — even murder. Director Todd Haynes discusses his version of the film on Morning Edition.
8. Rereading: Mildred Pierce by James M Cain | Books | The Guardian
24 jun 2011 · That version of Mildred Pierce is now a classic piece of stylish film noir; but its plot and tone diverge sharply from the novel, a more ...
Todd Haynes has adapted Mildred Pierce, James M Cain's novel about a divorced mother in the depression, as a sumptuous TV mini-series. But what has been gained and what lost in the process?
9. Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain - Orion Books
Mildred Pierce is the story of a determined and ambitious woman who, after her feckless husband abandons her, by hard work and sacrifice builds a successful ...
'Cain was not just a great hard-boiled novelist but a great novelist, period ... To read MILDRED PIERCE now is to experience a double vision, in which we con...
10. "Mildred Pierce" is a quiet, heartbreaking masterpiece
24 mrt 2011 · Cain's novel, but that's not quite true. Haynes transcribes many of the book's scenes almost verbatim, but the tone and intent are different -- ...
Kate Winslet's expert performance anchors a tough, smart portrait of a woman's struggle to master her life