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Summaries. 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.
Imitation of Life (1934) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Jan 30, 2021. Advertise With Us. Widow Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert) and her daughter, Jessie, take in a fair-skinned black girl and her mother, housekeeper Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers).
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Jan 10, 2023 · By Miriam J. Petty. Essays — Jan 10, 2023. I n 2005, the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress added the 1934 version of Imitation of Life to the National Film Registry, its roster of “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” films.
YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. Subscribed. 743. The lives of a widow and her housekeeper are united first in mutual need, then success and ultimately, in heartache in this Academy...
“Imitation of Life” (John M. Stahl, 1934), based on Fannie Hurst’s ac-claimed novel, was a defining moment in the history of women in film and a watershed moment for African-American casting in Hollywood. While its narrative reveals how problematic the representation and depiction of people of color was in 1934, this film
Imitation of Life explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one (Claudette Colbert) a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, the other (Louise Beavers) her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter (Fredi Washington).
