Claudette Colbert
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With Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks. A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Imitation of Life is a 1934 American drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by William Hurlbut, based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same name, was augmented by eight additional uncredited writers, including Preston Sturges and Finley Peter Dunne. [1]
Brief Synopsis. A widow and her housekeeper go into business together but almost lose their daughters.
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The lives of a widow and her housekeeper are united first in mutual need, then success and ultimately, in heartache in this Academy Award-nominated Best Picture. Claudette Colbert and Louise ...
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way. Bea Pullman and her daughter Jessie have had a hard time making ends meet since Bea's husband died.
Released Nov 26, 1934 1h 46m Drama List. 88% Tomatometer 56 Reviews 85% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings. Widow Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert) and her daughter, Jessie, take in a fair-skinned black...
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Imitation of Life. Melodrama master John M. Stahl brings his exquisite restraint and almost spiritually pure visual style to this devastating, enduringly relevant story of mothers and daughters.
The lives of a widow and her housekeeper are united in need, success, family and heartache in this original version of the classic story starring Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers. 5,264 IMDb 7.5 1 h 51 min 1934. 13+. Comedy · Drama · Intense · Compelling. Available to rent or buy.
Imitation of Life is a 1934 American drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by William Hurlbut, based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same name, was augmented by eight additional uncredited writers, including Preston Sturges and Finley Peter Dunne.
