Melodrama is a loaded word, conjuring silent-film villains tying pigtailed girls to railroad tracks. Or black-and-white "weepies" whose music crescendoes as Bette Davis or Greta Garbo face The Worst ...

Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

Highlights include "Mildred Fierce"; Ken Berry sings and dances to "Love Stolen." Guest Star: Ken Berry. Highlights include "Mildred Fierce" (a takeoff on the 1945 Joan Crawford film Mildred Pierce); ...