Themes in the Novel and Movie Adaptation of James Cain’s Mildred Pierce

Themes in the Novel and Movie Adaptation of crowd together Cains Mildred Pierce In contemporary buck making, Hollywood-ization generally refers to the digression of a classic work in a form more(prenominal) vulgar and sexually explicit than the original in an effort to supercharge movie attendance. After all, sex and violence sell. However, from the mid-1930s to the 1950s, Hollywood-ization referred to the opposite issue where controversial books had to be purified to abide by the Production Code of 1934.1 This occurred to umteen of James Cains novels as they moved from text to the genre of film noir. As has been said about Cains The Postman eternally sound Twice, The property, bought several years ago, was kept in the studios pull in until now because of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayers inability to clean it up.2 The sanitation of Cains novels greatly took from the buckram themes of female emotional and fiscal independence that were rarely addressed at that time as they were adap ted for the screen. James Cains Mildred Pierce, published in 1941, explored issues that plagued the domesticated woman amidst the social upheaval caused by the Great imprint of the 1930s and suffered from the rule of the Production Code. As Mildred Pierces setoff marriage with Bert Pierce disintegrates, she is confronted with the responsibility of supporting her two children while creating opportunities for financial independence despite having no skills or education. She go bads a successful restauranter through the careful manipulation of the men around her only to become the slave to the desires and whims of her eldest daughter, Veda. According to David craze, the story of Mildred Pierce is a tidy and suggestive study of social inequity and ... ...rs, again The Postman Always Rings Twice, Literature/ picture Quarterly (2000) 41. 3 Madden, David, James M. Cain (Twayne 1970) 68. 4 Oates, Joyce Carol, Tough big cat Writers of the thirties (London Southern Illinois Univer sity Press, 1968) 1105 Farrell, James, Literature and Morality (New York The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1945) 89. 6 Madden 1487 Farrell, James, 88 Work Cited1 Encyclopedia Britannica Online www.search.eb.com/bol/topic?eu=119926&sctn=6.2 Biesen, Sheri Chinen, Raising Cain with the censors, again The Postman Always Rings Twice, Literature/Film Quarterly (2000)3 Madden, David, James M. Cain (Twayne 1970)4 Oates, Joyce Carol, Tough Guy Writers of the Thirties (London Southern Illinois University Press, 1968)5 Farrell, James, Literature and Morality (New York The Vanguard Press. Inc, 1945)