{"product_id":"mildred-pierce-the-criterion-collection-dvd","title":"Mildred Pierce (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]","description":"Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from the Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford (Johnny Guitar) as Mildred, a single mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford s career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar. But as Mildred pulls herself up by the bootstraps, first as an unflappable waitress and eventually as the well-heeled owner of a successful restaurant chain, the ingratitude of her materialistic firstborn (a diabolical Ann Blyth) becomes a venomous serpent s tooth, setting in motion an endless cycle of desperate overtures and heartless recriminations. Recasting James M. Cain s rich psychological novel as a murder mystery, this bitter cocktail of blind parental love and all-American ambition is both unremittingly hard-boiled and sumptuously emotional.\n\nTWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\n- New 4K digital restoration\n- New conversation about Mildred Pierce with critics Molly Haskell and Robert Polito\n- Excerpt from a 1970 episode of The David Frost Show featuring actor Joan Crawford\n- Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, a 2002 feature-length documentary on Crawford s life and career\n- Q\u0026amp;A with actor Ann Blyth from 2002, conducted by film historian Eddie Muller\n- Segment from a 1969 episode of the Today show featuring novelist James M. Cain\n- Trailer\n- PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B01N52IDJY\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B01N52IDJY.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ann Blyth|Joan Crawford|Michael Curtiz\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41510606372922,"sku":"DBV.B01N52IDJY.A","price":8.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B01N52IDJY-0.jpg?v=1783448543","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/mildred-pierce-the-criterion-collection-dvd","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}