Imitation of life

DVD 2002

The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence.

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Mothers and daughters Drama

Passing (Identity) Drama

Race relations Drama

United States Race relations Drama

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ISBN:

9780783276700

Edition:

Widescreen

Description:

1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 2.0
videodisc
laser optical NTSC
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1959
Based on the novel by Fannie Hurst
Bonus materials: Trailer; Recommendations
Director of photography, Russell Metty ; gowns for Lana Turner by Jean Louis ; art direction, Alexander Golitzen, Richard H. Riedel ; set decorations, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; gowns, Bill Thomas ; "Imitation of Life" music by Sammy Fain ; lyric by Paul Francis Webster ; sung by Earl Grant ; music, Frank Skinner
Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda, Dan O'Herlihy, Juanita Moore, Karin Dicker, Terry Burnham, John Vivyan, Lee Goodman, Ann Robinson, Troy Donahue, Sandra Gould, David Tomack, Joel Fluellen, Jack Weston, Billy House, Maida Severn, Than Wyenn, Peg Shirley, Mahalia Jackson (singer)
DVD, NTSC, Region 1 encoding, anamorphic widescreen (aspect 1.85:1), Dolby digital 2.0 mono
Best Supporting Actress nominations (Academy Awards): Juanita Moore; Susan Kohner
English dialogue, Spanish or French subtitles; closed-captioned

Contents:

Side 1. Imitation of life (1934, b & w, 111 min.) / a Universal picture ; the new Universal presents ; produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; screenplay, William Hurlbut ; directed by John M. Stahl
Side 2. Imitation of life (1959, col., 125 min.) / Universal-International presents ; screenplay by Eleanore Griffin and Allan Scott ; produced by Ross Hunter ; directed by Douglas Sirk

LCCN:

be2003006826

Control Number:

3047716

UPC:

025192261121

Other Authors:

Alda, Robert, actor
Burnham, Terry, 1949- actor
Carruth, Milton, film editor
Dee, Sandra, actor
Dicker, Karin, 1947- actor
Donahue, Troy, 1936-2001, actor
Fain, Sammy, 1902-1989, composer (expression)
Fluellen, Joel, 1907-1990, actor
Gausman, R. A. (Russell A.), 1892-1963, set decorator
Gavin, John, 1931-2018, actor
Golitzen, Alexander, 1908-2005, art director
Goodman, Lee, 1923-1988, actor
Gould, Sandra, actor
Grant, Earl, 1931-1970, singer
Griffin, Eleanore, screenwriter
Heron, Julia, set decorator
House, Billy, 1890-1961, actor
Hunter, Ross, film producer
Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968. Imitation of life
Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972, actor, singer
Kohner, Susan, 1936- actor
Louise, Jean, 1907-1997, costume designer
Metty, Russell, director of photography
Moore, Juanita, actor
O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005, actor
Riedel, Richard H., art director
Robinson, Ann, 1929- actor
Scott, Allan, 1906-1995, screenwriter
Severn, Maida, 1902-1995, actor
Shirley, Peg, 1933- actor
Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987, film director
Skinner, Frank, 1897-1968, composer (expression)
Thomas, Bill, 1921-2000, costume designer
Tomack, David, 1919-1977, actor
Turner, Lana, 1921-1995, actor
Vivyan, John, 1915-1983, actor
Webster, Paul Francis, lyricist
Weston, Jack, 1924-1996, actor
Wyenn, Than, 1919- actor

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