VL-IV p57 Mildred Pierce's husband, Bert

[kelber at mindspring.com]

The point of Bert is not that he's dull.  He'll never be rich, he's a good dad and he's kind of a guardian angel-good guy waiting patiently in the background -- a pretty good description of Zoyd.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>

>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Pierce
>
>The title character is a hard-working, neurotically devoted,
>long-suffering and determined mother who has a status seeking,
>spoiled, detestable and mean-spirited, unloving daughter named Veda
>(Ann Blyth). [Mirroring her real life, Joan Crawford supported herself
>as a waitress and saleswoman before she began making films.] Mildred's
>ruinous but noble downfall occurs as the result of poor choices of men
>(including her dull, middle class broker husband Bert (Bruce Bennett))
>and her caring for an ungrateful Veda.
>
>
>- which is nothing at all like P & Z.  Except we know from the wedding
>that his name is Bert.
>
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>"Because without it you'd be dead." - V.