198. Mildred Pierce with special guest Jackson Cooper

"Personally, Veda's convinced me that alligators have the right idea. They eat their young." Break out the shoulder pads, because we finally got to Mildred Pierce  (1945) this week with our good friend Jackson Cooper. In the role of Joan Crawford's career, she's perfection. Going from a down on her luck housewife, to restaurateur, Mildred is the fierce working girl that we all strive to be. Crawford won her first and only Oscar for Mildred Pierce, and is regarded as one of the great leading lady performances of classical Hollywood cinema. This supporting cast is also a barnburner. First we get the brilliant sass of Eve Arden as no-nonsense front of the house restaurant manager Ida. Seriously how did Arden not end up with the best supporting actress Oscar here? It's the textbook defination of a scene stealing  performance! Ann Blyth is also perfectly cast as Milldred's Bad Seed daughter Veda. We too want to slap that rotten girl silly! And the handsome Zachary Scott's Monte Beragon fills out those old timey swim trunks nicely. We talk the changes from James M. Cain's novel to the big screen, fitting into more of a classic film noir story, as well as the 2011 HBO miniseries directed by Todd Haynes that follows the novel closer. We will never not be obsessed with how glamorous Joan looks in that stunning fur coat, and this movie will forever be iconic Slap Cinema! "The kind of women most men want - but shouldn't have!" It's Mildred Pierce!  Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay Twitter: @MTMUGPod Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna