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DESCRIPTION: As part of the BFI's Too Much Melodrama season\, South West Si
 lents and Film Noir UK are proud to present this very special double bill 
 celebrating the Melodrama Queen of the 1940s\, Joan Crawford (1904-1977). 
 This event will consist of classic melodrama and film noir Mildred Pierce 
 (1945) directed byMichael Curtiz and Nicholas Ray's melodrama\, noir and w
 estern\, Johnny Guitar (1954). \n\n Mildred Pierce (1945):\nMelodrama cast
 s noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood ma
 ster Michael Curtiz. Joan Crawford’s iconic performance as Mildred\, a s
 ingle mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic
  hardship\, solidified Crawford’s career comeback and gave the actor her
  only Oscar. \n\n But as Mildred pulls herself up by her bootstraps\, firs
 t as an unflappable waitress and eventually as the well-heeled owner of a 
 successful restaurant chain\, the ingratitude of her materialistic firstbo
 rn (a diabolical Ann Blyth) becomes a venomous serpent’s tooth\, setting
  in motion an endless cycle of desperate overtures and heartless recrimina
 tions. Recasting James M. Cain’s rich psychological novel as a murder my
 stery\, this bitter cocktail of blind parental love and all-American ambit
 ion is both unremittingly hard-boiled and sumptuously emotional. \n\n John
 ny Guitar (1954):\nJoan Crawford (Mildred Pierce) plays Vienna\, a saloon 
 owner with a sordid past. Persecuted by the townspeople\, Vienna must prot
 ect her life and her property when a lynch mob led by her sexually repress
 ed rival\, Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge\; All The King’s Men)\, atte
 mpts to frame her for a string of robberies she did not commit. Enter John
 ny Guitar (Sterling Hayden\; Dr. Strangelove: or\, How I Learned to Stop W
 orrying and Love the Bomb )\, a guitar-strumming ex-gunfighter who has a h
 istory with Vienna. \n\n Mis-understood by US audiences upon release\, the
  film was embraced by European cineastes and is now regarded as one of the
  greatest western pictures of all time. An intensely stylised masterpiece 
 from the great director Nicholas Ray. \n\n We highly recommend booking tic
 kets early to avoid disappointment! \n\n Our thanks to Park Circus. \n\n S
 outh West Silents is a not-for-profit organisation. With support of the BF
 I Film Audience Network\, awarding funds from the National Lottery in orde
 r to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. This screening is
  part of the BFI's Too Much Melodrama Season.  \n
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LOCATION:Bristol Megascreen\, Bristol
ORGANIZER:mailto:southwestsilents@gmail.com
SUMMARY:Mega Silents: Joan Crawford Double Bill
URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/film-noir-uk/joancrawford
URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/film-noir-uk/joancrawford
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