Imitation of Life (1959)

7.7	Listal rating
7.7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Douglas Sirk

Starring (View all)

Lora Meredith

Steve Archer

Susie - 16

Sarah Jane - 18

Allen Loomis

David Edwards

Annie Johnson

Karin Dicker

Sarah Jane - 8

Written by (View all)

Eleanore Griffin

(screenplay) and

Allan Scott

(screenplay)

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Imitation Of Life-1959

7 years, 2 months ago at Mar 20 1:23

SGwinn

This movie includes a moving performance by Mahalia Jackson, who sings "Trouble Of The World" in the funeral scene.

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2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 7 2:59

geojones100

"Imitation of Life" is the ultimate *SOB* Opera. A tearjerker with sensitive racial issues pointed directly at the heart. The romance between Lana Turner and John Gavin is only secondary to the heart of the story: the pains of motherhood. Mother and child was never the same after and with such a tearful ending that the heart would almost cave in. This is Douglas Sirk's best movie, among a handful ... read more

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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.

Release date : 30 April 1959
UPC: 025192261121

Usa (3), 1959 (3), Servant (2), Maid (2), 1950s (2), Romance (2), Drama (2), Gospel (1), Singer (1), Mahalia Jackson (1), Grief (1), Racial Slur (1), Black (1), Horse (1), Singing (1), Actress (1), Lana Turner (1), Remake (1), Star (1), Interracial (1)

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