About this title: This glamorized remake of the 1934 film Imitation of Life bears only a passing resemblance to its source, the best-selling novel by Fannie Hurst. Originally, the heroine was a widowed mother who kept the wolf from the door by setting up a successful pancake business with her black housemaid. In the remake, Lana Turner stars as a would-be actress ...
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Format: DVD
Studio: Universal Studios
UPC:025192261121
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
Studio: Universal
Date: 2005
Description: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Juanita Moore, Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Alda, Susan Kohner. New in new packaging. Language: English. Run time: 124 mins. Originally released: 1959. read more
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Universal Studios
Date: 01/07/2003
UPC:025192261121
Description: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Robert Alda, Susan Kohner. New. 1959 Run time: 125. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
Date: 2003
UPC:025192261121
Description: Lana Turner; John Gavin; Juanita Moore; Sandra Dee; Dan O'Herlihy; Robert Alda; Susan Kohner. New. Run time: 124 mins. Language: English. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
UPC:025192261121
Description: Lana Turner; John Gavin; Juanita Moore; Sandra Dee; Dan O'Herlihy; Robert Alda; Susan Kohner. New. Run time: 124 mins. Language: English. read more
"As a viewer, I enjoyed the movie, and nearly cried. But as one who researches on Blackness in general, I didn't like it at. This movie was basically another "tragic mulatto" sterotype. I would only use the film as a comparison to literature written about Blacks that passed for white. I will give this film one point for showing that trying to be something that you are not can have dire consequences. Other than that, I am neutral."
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