In Ann Blyth's opinion, her character Veda Pierce in the film noir classic "Mildred Pierce" (1945) isn't a misunderstood young woman. As the femme fatale who leads her poor mother (played by Joan ...

Story is told in flashback as Mildred Pierce is being questioned by ... Joan Crawford reaches a peak of her acting career in this pic. Ann Blyth, as the daughter, scores dramatically in her ...

In an interstitial that runs occasionally on Turner Classic Movies, actress Ann Blyth, who played Mildred’s spoiled daughter Veda, recalled shooting “Mildred Pierce” with Crawford and ...

Singer-actress Ann Blyth loves her fans ... one movie that dominates the letters — the 1945 film noir classic “Mildred Pierce.” Based on the novel by James M. Cain, “Mildred Pierce ...

Our critic Amir Abou-Jaoude recommends Crawford’s 1945 melodrama, “Mildred Pierce,” recently restored and re-released on Blu-Ray and DVD by the Criterion Collection. It is available at the ...

The marriage that opens ‘Mildred Pierce’ is one that nobody ... Her claims of innocence are hollow; her tone is cruel. Not as cruel as Ann Blyth’s Veda from the 1945 film version, but ...

Cain’s “Mildred Pierce” premiering last night ... Then again, it also makes you better appreciate the still-awful Ann Blyth, because the precocious actress Morgan Turner is downright ...

And here's the trailer for the film, which stars Kate Winslet in the Joan Crawford role and Evan Rachel Wood as her daughter (played in the original by Ann Blyth).

In Brief: Definitely not the best Michael Curtiz movie, but potentially one of the best Joan Crawford vehicles, Mildred Pierce ... warrants a watch (even if Ann Blyth's turn does not).

“Mildred Pierce,” the classic film noir-meets-melodrama that won Joan Crawford her only Oscar, was released on this day in 1945, 70 years ago. Like many of Crawford’s pictures, Michael ...

Ann Blyth’s performance as a diabolical, demon-child-femme-fatale is remarkable in its depravity and commitment. Joan Crawford’s favourite performance, MILDRED PIERCE is a legendary tour-de ...