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Mildred Pierce Edited by Albert J. La Valley Wisconsin/Warner Bros. screenplay series Tino Balio, Series Editor Joan Crawford forged a new and successful screen image in this powerful women's noir film; winning her an Academy Award for best actress. Albert J. LaValley's through and insightful guide to Mildred Pierce at once tells us much about the making of this complex film, the problems and process of transferring the story to the screen, the specific and important roles of the producer, director, and set designer, and how the film relates to broad trends within the industry. It is without a doubt the most thorough treatment of this important American motion picture. Albert J. LaValley, associate professor of film and English at Rutgers University, was, at the time this book was published, visiting associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Tino Balio, Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is the author of United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, and the editor of The American Film Industryas well as the 22 volume Wisconsin/Warner Bros. Screenplay series, all published by the University of Wisconsin Press. He directed the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research from 1966 to 1882. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)

December 2005 LC: 80-005107 PN 295 pp. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 28 illus. Paper $24.95 x ISBN 978-0-299-08374-8 ADD TO CART

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