[She was a former college sweetheart and would-be lover, but he never felt emotionally attached to her.[The film""s title, according to Towne, referred to a ""state of mind"" rather than an actual geographic place.Look at my investors now.(He gestured toward his open cabinet) Voila! Hundreds of little old ladies stopping off at Max Bialystock""s office to grab a last thrill on the way to the cemetery.Cain story set in Depression-era Los Angeles.It starred Kate Winslet as the frumpy title character Mildred Pierce, Morgan Turner (younger) and Evan Rachel Wood (adult) as her daughter Veda, Brian F.(And as a footnote, it brought Vivien Leigh to Hollywood where she met David O.Selznick and tested - successfully - for the role of Scarlett O""Hara inGone With The Wind (1939).)Plot SynopsisThe credits play over views of Wuthering Heights, an estate on the edge of the storm-tossed Yorkshire moors.