Imitation Of Life  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)  /  Production Year: 1959  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews 2 Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 3.13 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis Living a lie is a poor substitute for living the truth - sometimes it takes the harsh realities of life to help us discover who we truly are. The legendary Lana Turner stars in this 1959 version of Fannie Hurst's emotionally charged drama, which chronicles two widows and their troubled daughters as they struggle to find true happiness amidst racial prejudice. Lana Turner plays Lora, a single white mother whose Hollywood starlet ambitions come at the expense of any meaningful relationship with her daughter, Susie (Sandra Dee). Lora's black housekeeper, Annie (Juanita Moore), has troubles of her own as she faces the rejection of her own fair skinned daughter, Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner), 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. Moore and Kohner were both Oscar nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" for their stirring performances. This lavish production, directed by Douglas Sirk (Magnificent Obsession), was a critical and commercial success, and today remains both a testament to its time and a beloved Hollywood classic. Cast & Crew Actors:  • John Gavin  • Lana Turner  • Sandra Dee  • Mahalia Jackson  • Juanita Moore  • Susan Kohner  • Dan O'Herlihy  • Robert Alda Writers:  • Eleanore Griffin Producers:  • Ross Hunter Directors:  • Douglas Sirk Product Information Features: Features Not Specified Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: Spanish, French Studio: Universal Studios Production Year: 1959 Release Date: 8/31/2004 Length: 125 mins Rating: NR Chapters: 20 Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: 61022611 UPC Code: 025192261121 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Romance, Troubled Youth, Affairs/Love Triangles, Drama, Dysfunctional Families Bargains: Under $11 Studios: Universal Studios Customers who bought this Title also bought Trouble In Paradise: The Criterion Collection  DVD-Video Dogfight  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 3.13 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Customer Review Universal Blunder w/Melodrama's Finest - 2.5 out of 5  (2/20/2003) Imitation of Life is a classic film that deftly mixes high melodrama with pressing social issues that surprisingly work. The race issue was a fact of life that could no longer be ignored - segregation in the South and indifference in the North. Lana Turner gives a good performance as the conduit of white society. Turner's Laura Meredith is a loving but self-absorbed mother on her way to stardom. Turner is also tolerant but apathetic to Annie who becomes her maid, and Sara Jane, Annie's vir   more >> Customer Review CLASSIC SOAP FINALLY GETS THE DVD TREATMENT - 3.75 out of 5  (1/28/2003) Of all the classic soaps released by Hollywood, this one FINALLY makes it to DVD. Long a classic, it was past due as far as this fan goes to get to DVD. Although most of the praise went to Lana Turner, Juanita Moore (Annie)literally steals the film right out from under her. It was criminal to not give Ms. Moore the Oscar for this, but the mentality of Hollywood in those days was par for the course. I have cried an ocean of tears for the many times I have watched this classic. The death of Annie   more >>