Mildred Pierce (1945)

Introduction

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Mildred Pierce

      Joan Crawford

    • Wally Fay

      Jack Carson

    • Monte Beragon

      Zachary Scott

    • Ida Korvin

      Eve Arden

    • Veda Pierce

      Ann Blyth

    • Bert Pierce

      Bruce Bennett

    • Maggie Binderhof

      Lee Patrick

    • Inspector Peterson

      Moroni Olsen

    • Miriam Ellis

      Veda Ann Borg

    • Kay Pierce

      Jo Ann Marlowe

    • [policeman on pier]

      Garry Owen

    • [policeman]

      Tom Dillon

    • [policeman]

      Clancy Cooper

    • [Joe, detective]

      James Flavin

    • [detective]

      John O'Connor

    • [policeman]

      Charles Jordan

    • [reporter]

      Larry Rio

    • [Jack, the mailman]

      George Meader

    • [delivery man]

      Johnny Walsh

    • [waitress]

      Joyce Compton

    • [waitress]

      Lynne Baggett

    • [waitress]

      Marion Lessing

    • [waitress]

      Doria Caron

    • [waitress]

      Marjorie 'Babe' Kane

    • [waitress]

      Elyse Brown

    • [Lottie]

      Butterfly McQueen

    • [houseboy]

      Jimmy Lono

    • [Dr Gale]

      Manart Kippen

    • [nurse]

      Mary Servoss

    • [Peterson's assistant]

      George Anderson

    • [Ted Forrester]

      John Compton

    • [bartender]

      Don Grant

    • [Mr Jones]

      Chester Clute

    • [Mrs Forrester]

      Barbara Brown

    • [Mr Williams]

      Charles Trowbridge

    • [waiter]

      Paul Panzer

    • [sailor]

      Bob Evans

    • [Wally's lawyer]

      Wallis Clark

    • [Pancho]

      David Cota

    • [Mr Chris]

      George Tobias

    • [high school boy]

      Robert Arthur

    • [party guest]

      Ramsay Ames

    • [police matron]

      Leah Baird

    • [singing teacher]

      John Christian

    • [piano teacher]

      Joan Winfield

    • [attorney's clerk]

      Park Lazelle

    • [soldier]

      William Alcorn

    • [clerk]

      John Sheridan

    • [party guest]

      Angela Greene

    • [party guest]

      Betty Alexander

    • [party guest]

      Helen Pender

    • [personnel man]

      Richard Kipling

    • [personnel man]

      Wheaton Chambers

    • [personnel man]

      William Ruhl

    • [wife]

      Jeanne Wardley

    • [.]

      Harold Miller

    • [.]

      Mary Ellen Meyran

    • [.]

      Jean Lorraine

    • [.]

      Bob Locke Lorraine

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Michael Curtiz

    • [Assistant Director]

      Frank Heath

    • [Assistant Director (2nd)]

      Dick Moder

    Production:

    • ©/Presents

      Warner Bros.

    • Production Company

      First National

    • Executive Producer

      Jack L. Warner

    • Produced by

      Jerry Wald

    • [Unit Manager]

      Lou Baum

    Writing:

    • Screen Play by

      Ranald Macdougall

    • [Contributing Writer]

      Catherine Turney

    • [Contributing Writer]

      Albert Maltz

    • [Contributing Writer]

      Margaret Gruen

    • [Contributing Writer]

      Margaret Buell Wilder

    • [Contributing Writer]

      Thames Williamson

    • [Contributing Writer]

      William Faulkner

    • [Contributing Writer]

      Louise Randall Pierson

    • Based on the novel by

      James M. Cain

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Ernest Haller

    • [2nd Camera]

      William Schurr

    • [Camera Operator]

      Frank Evans

    • [Assistant Camera Operator]

      Frank Burkett

    • [Gaffer]

      James Goldenhaur

    • [Best Boy]

      Rene Steffen

    • [Grip]

      S.E. Young

    Stills:

    • [Stills]

      Milton Gold

    Special Effects:

    • [Matte Paintings]

      Paul Detlefsen

    • [Matte Paintings]

      Mario Larrinaga

    • Special Effects by

      Willard Van Enger

    • [Special Effects]

      Harry Barndollar

    Editing:

    • Film Editor

      David Weisbart

    • Montages by

      James Leicester

    Design:

    • Art Director

      Grot, Anton

    • [Supervisiong Art Director]

      Bertram Tuttle

    • Set Decorations by

      George James Hopkins

    • [Props]

      Limey Plews

    • [Assistant Props]

      Levi C. Williams

    Costumes:

    • Wardrobe by

      Milo Anderson

    • [Wardrobe]

      Clayton Brackett

    • [Wardrobe]

      Jeanette Storck

    Make-up:

    • Makeup Artist

      Perc Westmore

    • [Make-up]

      Bill Cooley

    • [Make-up]

      Eddie Allen

    • [Hairstylist]

      Geraldine Cole

    Film processing:

    • [Special Optical Effects]

      Russell Collings

    Music:

    • Music by

      Max Steiner

    • Musical Director

      Leo F. Forbstein

    • Orchestral Arrangements

      Hugo Friedhofer

    Sound:

    • [Music Mixer]

      David Forrest

    • Sound by

      Oliver S. Garretson

    • Sound System

      RCA

    • [Re-recording/Effects Mixer]

      Gerald W. Alexander

    • [Re-recording/Effects Mixer]

      Robert G. Wayne

    Consultant:

    • Dialogue Director

      Herschel Daugherty

    Publicity:

    • [Publicity]

      John Mitchell