PhilK:
The 1945 Joan Crawford movie Mildred Pierce was taken from a novel in which the mother of a bratty teen turns her otk for a good spanking with a hairbrush. Alas, no such scene appears in the film.
Seegee:
I believe HBO are doing a production of Mildred Pierce, I wonder if the spanking scene will reappear.
The 5 part HBO mini-series "Mildred Pierce" starts Sunday night and will run for the next three weeks at various times. I don't know if the spanking scene from the book will appear but one can hope.
Two things that do give hope to that is, first, it is rated TV-MA, Nudity, Adult Themes, Adult Language and, second, it was directed by Todd Haynes who did a short film called "Dottie Gets Spanked" in 1993.
For those who have HBO it might be worth watching.