Cover Image

Imitation of life /

Show other versions (7)

This film chronicles two widows and their troubled daughters as they struggle to find true happiness amidst racial prejudice. Lora [is] a single white mother whose Hollywood starlet ambitions come at the expense of any meaningful relationship with her daughter, Susie. Lora's black housekeeper,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Imitation of life (Motion picture : 1959)
Other Authors: Griffin, Eleanore (Screenwriter), Scott, Allan, 1906-1995 (Screenwriter), Turner, Lana, 1921-1995 (Actor), Gavin, John, 1931-2018 (Actor), Dee, Sandra (Actor), O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005 (Actor), Kohner, Susan, 1936- (Actor), Alda, Robert (Actor), Moore, Juanita (Actor), Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972 (Actor, composer (expression)), Metty, Russell (director of photography.), Skinner, Frank, 1897-1968 (composer (expression)), Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Universal City, California] : Universal International, [1959]
Subjects:
Hurst, Fannie, > 1889-1968 > Film adaptations.
Hurst, Fannie, > 1889-1968.
Mothers and daughters > Drama.
Passing (Identity) > Drama.
United States > Race relations > Drama.
Mothers and daughters.
Passing (Identity)
Race relations.
United States.
Webcast
Internet videos.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Vidéos sur Internet.
Mélodrames (Films)
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
Description
Summary:This film chronicles two widows and their troubled daughters as they struggle to find true happiness amidst racial prejudice. Lora [is] a single white mother whose Hollywood starlet ambitions come at the expense of any meaningful relationship with her daughter, Susie. Lora's black housekeeper, Annie, has troubles of her own as she faces the rejection of her own fair-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane, who abandons her heritage for a chance to be accepted as white. As years of selfishness and denial pass, tragedy strikes and forces the women to come to terms with their own identities.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Fannie Hurst.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (125 min.)) : $b sound, color
Playing Time:02:05:00
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:Best Supporting Actress nominations (Academy Awards): Juanita Moore; Susan Kohner.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Russell Metty ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; music, Frank Skinner, Mahalia Jackson.