Adam-Troy Castro

Writer of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Stories About Yams.

 

The Two Versions of MILDRED PIERCE

Posted on April 19th, 2017 by Adam-Troy Castro

Recent discussion of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, in the context of the TV miniseries FEUD that retells the story of their considerable personal conflict, brings up thoughts of Crawford’s signature movie, MILDRED PIERCE (1945).   It is remarkable just how much Crawford’s reputation rests, today, on this one film. Sure, she made other famous […]

In which that lifelike wax sculpture was once an innocent girl with the misfortune to resemble Joan of Arc     Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933). Directed by Michael Curtiz. Screenplay by Don Mullaly and Carl Erickson, from the play by Charles Belden. Starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, and Glenda […]

 
 
 

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