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Imitation of Life (1959) is an American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal International. It was Sirk's final Hollywood film and dealt with issues of race, class and gender.
Imitation of Life: Directed by Douglas Sirk. With Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner. An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
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- Drama
- Douglas Sirk
- 1959-03-20
Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), a white single mother who dreams of being on Broadway, has a chance encounter with Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), a...
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- Lana Turner
- Douglas Sirk
- Drama
Based on the novel Imitation of Life by Fannie Hurst (New York, 1933). After frantically searching for her lost daughter Susie at Coney Island, an attractive widow named Lora Meredith finds her playing with Sarah Jane, a light-skinned black girl.
- Douglas Sirk, Frank Shaw, Wilson Shyer
- Lana Turner
Widow Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert) and her daughter, Jessie, take in a fair-skinned black girl and her mother, housekeeper Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers). Struggling to make...
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- Claudette Colbert
- John M. Stahl
- Drama
In Coney Island, the widow and aspiring actress Lora Meredith finds her 6-year-old daughter Susie playing with 8-year-old Sarah Jane, the daughter of homeless Annie Johnson. Lora brings Annie and her daughter to live in her small apartment in New York and they become close friends.
Imitation of Life is a masterpiece that explores race, class, and privilege in 1950s America. Douglas Sirk's final Hollywood film masterfully contrasts the lives of Lora Meredith (Lana Turner) and Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), using their intertwining stories to expose the stark divides of the era.
