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  • ALMA POWELL: Audiovisual Collection
  • CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
  • EASTWOOD: Audiovisual Collection
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Imitation of life : 2-movie collection.

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN, EAS, POW)

Edition

Blu-ray version.

Languages

In English, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

1959 version: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda, Juanita Moore.

Publication Information

Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2015]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (111, 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Two widows and their troubled daughters struggle to find true happiness in a world plagued by racism.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel "Singer house" by Fannie Hurst.

Originally released as individual motion pictures in 1934 and 1959.

Bonus features: Lasting legacy: an imitation of life ; 1934 feature commentary with African-American cultural scholar Avery Clayton ; 1959 feature commentary with film historian Foster Hirsch ; original trailers.

Contents

  • Imitation of life (1934) (111 min.) / written by William Hurlbut ; produced by Carl Laemmle ; directed by John M. Stahl
  • Imitation of life (1959) (125 min.) / produced by Ross Hunter ; screenplay by Eleanore Griffin and Allan Scott ; directed by Douglas Sirk.

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