The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents Mildred Pierce- 80th Anniversary Screening

Mildred Pierce (1945)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
111 minutes

Crosstown Theater
May 22, 2025
Doors: 6:30pm
Film: 7:00pm
Entry: $5

Art Bar will be selling concessions in the lobby prior to the screening.

Synopsis: Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American melodrama film noir directed by Michael Curtiz. When Mildred Pierce's 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, resents her mother for degrading their social status. In the midst of a police investigation after the death of her second husband, Mildred must evaluate her own freedom and her complicated relationship with her daughter.
Joan Crawford won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.
In 1996, Mildred Pierce was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.

The Crosstown Arts Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features.

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