Mildred Pierce (#860) Screenbound US Godfrey Tearle (Alfred Hitchcock’s The

Godfrey Tearle (Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps)

The Pawnbroker gallery

knife in hand

Feature Commentary with Director Geoffrey Sax and Michael Keaton

set amidst the backdrop of rural Japan

Mildred Pierce (#860) Screenbound US Godfrey Tearle (Alfred Hitchcock’s TheMelodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Joan Crawfords iconic performance as Mildred, a single mother hell bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawfords career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar. But as Mildred pulls herself up by her bootstraps, first as an unflappable waitress and eventually as the well heeled owner of a successful