I need help with finding the title of an old movie.?!
Question: I need help with finding the title of an old movie!.!?
The movie was a black and white about a lady who had a daughter and a diner she also had a lover as well!. The lover has an affair with the daughter as well!. The daughter takes the blame for the mom!. I don't remember who stars in it but I believe its a true story!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
starring Joan Crawford (Best Actress Oscar), Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Butterfly McQueen (Prissy of "Gone With the Wind")
IMDb synopsis:
Mildred Pierce dotes on her daughters, while husband Bert looks to Maggie Binderhof for affection!. They soon divorce, leaving Mildred to raise the girls on her own!. Elder daughter Veda goads her mother about their lack of money!. In response, Mildred, who has been working as a waitress, proposes opening a small restaurant!. Realtor Wally Fay advises her while making numerous rebuffed passes and introduces her to Monte Baragon, whose property becomes the first of a chain of restaurants!.
TRIVIA:
It is rather loosely based on the novel by James M!. Cain, who also wrote "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Double Indemnity"!.
Joan Crawford had been under contract with Warner Brothers for two years before starring in this movie!. To get the role, she had to submit to a screen test after years of flops at MGM--her previous studio--and turning down several scripts at Warner Brothers!.
Shirley Temple, who was about 17 at the time, was originally considered for the part of Veda Pierce, which went to Ann Blyth!.
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Actually, the mother tries to cover up the daughter's guilt when she murders the man who had affairs with both of them!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
starring Joan Crawford (Best Actress Oscar), Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Butterfly McQueen (Prissy of "Gone With the Wind")
IMDb synopsis:
Mildred Pierce dotes on her daughters, while husband Bert looks to Maggie Binderhof for affection!. They soon divorce, leaving Mildred to raise the girls on her own!. Elder daughter Veda goads her mother about their lack of money!. In response, Mildred, who has been working as a waitress, proposes opening a small restaurant!. Realtor Wally Fay advises her while making numerous rebuffed passes and introduces her to Monte Baragon, whose property becomes the first of a chain of restaurants!.
TRIVIA:
It is rather loosely based on the novel by James M!. Cain, who also wrote "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Double Indemnity"!.
Joan Crawford had been under contract with Warner Brothers for two years before starring in this movie!. To get the role, she had to submit to a screen test after years of flops at MGM--her previous studio--and turning down several scripts at Warner Brothers!.
Shirley Temple, who was about 17 at the time, was originally considered for the part of Veda Pierce, which went to Ann Blyth!.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!.!.!.
Actually, the mother tries to cover up the daughter's guilt when she murders the man who had affairs with both of them!.Www@Enter-QA@Com