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Imitation of Life (1959)  link to Imitation of Life on IMDb  

Number: 241

poster Imitation of Life

IMDb Rating:
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7.9/10 (10557 votes)

Country: USA, 125 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama

Director(s): Douglas Sirk

Storyline:
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, though Annie's little girl Sarah Jane, is by far the worse. Neurotic and obnoxious, Sarah Jane doesn't like being black; since she's light-skinned (her father was practically white), she spends the rest of the film passing as white, much to her mother's heartache and shame. Lora, meanwhile, virtually ignores her own daughter in a single-minded quest for stardom.

Cast:
Lana Turner (as Lora Meredith), John Gavin (as Steve Archer), Sandra Dee (as Susie - 16), Susan Kohner (as Sarah Jane - 18), Dan O'Herlihy (as David Edwards)

Medium: Unknown,

Comments: 151-240

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1