A struggling young actress with a six-year-old daughter sets up housekeeping with a homeless black widow and her light-skinned eight-year-old daughter who rejects her mother by trying to pass for white.
Run Time
125 min
Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Genre
Drama, Romance
Language
English
Keyword
Actress, Coney Island, Widow, Racial, Maid
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Mono
Colour
Color
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Melodrama, Family Drama
Themes
Mothers and Daughters, Women's Friendship, Class Differences, Servants and Employers, Race Relations, Actor's Life
Imitation of Life is a 1959 American film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal Pictures, starring Lana Turner and John Gavin and features Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda and Juanita Moore as Annie Johnson. Gospel music star Mahalia Jackson appears as a church choir soloist. The film is an adaptation of Fannie Hurst's novel of the same name. It is the second film adaptation of the novel. The first film was released in 1934.
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