After being dumped by MGM, Joan Crawford went to Warner Brothers where after two years she was rewarded with the fabulously trashy melodrama Mildred Pierce adapted from the James M. Cain novel. For the first time in her career she was playing a mother and the role transformed her stardom into that of career woman. Then she was presented with the Academy Award at the 18th Oscars ceremony which took place 78 years ago today. What a dame!
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