Mildred Pierce

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  • Wednesday, Nov 13

  • Thursday, Nov 14

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Mildred Pierce

Nov. 13: Introduction by writer Imogen Sara Smith

When Mildred Pierce’s (Joan Crawford) wealthy husband leaves her for another woman, Mildred decides to raise her two daughters on her own. Despite Mildred’s financial successes in the restaurant business, her oldest daughter, Veda (Ann Blyth), resents her mother for degrading their social status. In the midst of a police investigation after the death of her second husband (Zachary Scott), Mildred must evaluate her own freedom and her complicated relationship with her daughter.

Featuring an introduction from writer Imogen Sara Smith at 7:00pm November 13.

"Curtiz holds you in his master grip, creating one of those WW II-era California noirs that keeps swinging you from darkness to sunlight, love to hatred, happiness to the pits of despair and death."
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

SPECIAL EVENTS

Introduction with Imogen Sara Smith

Introduction with Imogen Sara Smith

Wednesday, Nov. 13 2024, 7:00

  • Imogen Sara Smith is the author of In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City and Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy. Her writing has appeared in Film Comment, Sight & Sound, Cineaste, Reverse Shot, and other publications.

Tickets: $11 (members), $16 (nonmembers)

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This film is part of the Noirvember: Film Noir from Yesterday to Today series.



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