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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 e...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Imitation of life (Motion picture : 1959)
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm), MCA Universal Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987, Turner, Lana, 1921-1995, Gavin, John, 1931-2018, Dee, Sandra, Moore, Juanita, Kohner, Susan, 1936-, Alda, Robert, Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972, O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005, Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Universal City, Calif. : MCA Universal Home Video, [1992]
Subjects:
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Based on the book by Fannie Hurst.
Videocassette release of the 1959 motion picture.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (124 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Russell Metty ; editor, Milton Carruth ; art, Alexander Golitzen and Richard H. Reidel ; music, Henry Mancini and Frank Skinner ; costumes, Jean Louis and Bill Thomas.
ISBN:155880580X