Imitation of Life

October. 02,1959      NR
Rating:
7.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.

Lana Turner as  Lora Meredith
John Gavin as  Steve Archer
Juanita Moore as  Annie Johnson
Sandra Dee as  Susie (16)
Susan Kohner as  Sarah Jane (18)
Robert Alda as  Allen Loomis
Dan O'Herlihy as  David Edwards
Terry Burnham as  Susie (6)
Ann Robinson as  Showgirl
Troy Donahue as  Frankie

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Reviews

Protraph
1959/10/02

Lack of good storyline.

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VeteranLight
1959/10/03

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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StyleSk8r
1959/10/04

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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Sameer Callahan
1959/10/05

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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