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     Lana Turner

     Lora Meredith
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     John Gavin

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     Sandra Dee

     Susie, age 16
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     Dan O'Herlihy

     David Edwards
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     Susan Kohner

     Sarah Jane, age 18
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     Robert Alda

     Allen Loomis

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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.

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4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0052918Imitation of Life (1959) - IMDb

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   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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   • Genre: Drama

   • Director: Douglas Sirk
   • Release Date: 1959-03-20

5. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › 1010417-imitation_of_lifeImitation of Life | Rotten Tomatoes

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   Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), a white single mother who dreams of being on Broadway, has a chance encounter with Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), a black widow. Annie becomes the caretaker of Lora's...

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   • Actors: Lana Turner

   • Director: Douglas Sirk
   • Category: Drama

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   Imitation of Life (1959) - (Original Trailer) Two mothers, one white, one black, face problems with their rebellious daughters in Douglas Sirk's Imitation Of Life (1959) starring Lana Turner.

   • Director: Douglas Sirk, Frank Shaw, Wilson Shyer

   • Actors: Lana Turner

8. www.imdb.com › title › tt0052918Imitation of Life (1959) - Plot - IMDb

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   Summaries. An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white. Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson, a homeless Black woman at Coney Island, and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter.

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   Jan 10, 2023 · Imitation of Life was Hurst’s eighth novel, and because of the two film adaptations made of it—Stahl’s and the glossier 1959 version directed by Douglas Sirk—it is likely her best-known work today.

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    When did 'imitation of life' come out?

    • Sirk's Imitation of Life premiered in Chicago on March 17, 1959, followed by Los Angeles on March 20 and New York City on April 17. Following its New York opening, it became number one in the US for two weeks before Universal put the film into general release on April 30.

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    Who is the author of imitation of life?

    • Two mothers, one white, one black, face problems with their rebellious daughters. Based on the novel Imitation of Life by Fannie Hurst (New York, 1933). Two mothers, one white, one black, face problems with their rebellious daughters.

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    What is the plot of imitation of life?

    • But Imitation of Life ’s plot included amplified social complexity: a female-headed, interracial “family,” and the taboo topic of a Black daughter who “looks” white and wishes to “pass” into the white world unburdened by Blackness.

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    Is imitation of life a melodrama?

    • Douglas Sirk enriches this lush remake of Imitation of Life with racial commentary and a sharp edge, yielding a challenging melodrama with the power to devastate. Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), a white single mother who dreams of being on Broadway, has a chance encounter with Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), a black widow.

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    Jessie Pullman. Ned Sparks. Elmer Smith. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Widow Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert) and her daughter, Jessie, take in a fair-skinned black girl and her mother, housekeeper...

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    • Category: Drama