Imitation of Life
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Movie Reviews of Imitation of Life
Movie Review: Gayle Donham
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a very good movie.Also a good lesson about life and respect for your parents,after all they are the ones who suffered all your hurts and pains as you progressed growing up.The main lesson in this movie is be what you are 24---7.I recommend this movie to everyone. Movie Review: no imitation of services
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie might be called Imatation of life but the service was not. The movie came in a timely manner and in great condition. I would definately order from this person again.
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Movie Review: A Dark Story
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a sad movie and very much a soap opera. Not one that I could watch very often. That said I enjoyed it. Mainly about a black girl passing as a white girl and her identity problems. Movie Review: True classic tearjerker... Worthy of repeat viewing! 5 stars!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have seen this film countless times & will continue to do so, as I've done over the years. I've got my video, but am excited to see this film available on DVD, & in widescreen format, the way it should be presented in its true form.
The cast alone should well endorse the fact that Imitation of Life is a winner. The actors give solid performances & have us glued our screens to follow the story through from its very inception to the climax of the picture. I know its a cliche, but they really don't make 'em like this anymore. If you want a real first-rate tearjerker, indulge yourself in this film. It will not disappoint you. It's one of those movies you have to watch at least once a year. A 5 star production.
Movie Review: A marvelous showcase for the talents of Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner...
Summary: 3 Stars
Fannie Hurst's prolific pen has been responsible for over a dozen novels, more than 400 short stories, and other works including a play... Although it is estimated she has been read by a half billion people, an even greater number have seen the movies made from her bestselling novels, which include 'Back Street' (made three times),
'Imitation of Life' (twice), 'Humoresque' (twice), 'Symphony of Six Million,' and 'Lummox.' 'Imitation of Life' marked an important career comeback for Lana Turner whose private life had been engulfed in tragedy one year before... It also enclosed an interesting exploration of race relations given considerable depth and style through Sirk's polished direction...
Impeccably photographed by Russell Metty (Spartacus, 1960), the major script revisions included the change of the central character from the 'Pancake Queen" business woman of the original to the more characteristic occupation of a resplendent Broadway actress... Her black business partner was transformed into the actress' housekeeper-companion to bring her character out of the outmoded colored 'mammy' stereotype of the original...
Even the credits for 'Imitation of Life' have a different look. As the Universal logo fades, a handful of diamonds slowly fall from the top of the screen in the manner of raindrops... By the time the credits have finished, the entire screen is ready to overflow with them... From this blinding introduction, the film suddenly shifts to the beach at Coney Island where its four chief protagonists meet...
Lora Meredith, an attractive widow with theatrical aspirations, has lost her 6-year-old daughter, Susie, in the crowds... She finally locates her in the company of Annie Johnson, a kind but impoverished black woman, and her light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane, who had been playing with Susie... Before long Annie goes to work as a housekeeper for Lora and a deep bond of affection develops between them and their children...
Encouraged by an agent (Robert Alda), Lora gets a good role in a play by David Edwards... In the years that follow, she becomes the darling of Broadway and appears in one Edwards smash after another. But success means work... and work means neglecting Susie, now sixteen, who must endure the loneliness of a youngster whose mother is too busy being a star...
A good-looking photographer, Steve Archer (John Gavin), is the determined, admiring love of Lora's life but he too must wait and suffer for her affection... Meanwhile, Annie has her problems as well...
Surrounded by luxury, her daughter, Sarah Jane, is resentful of the segregation and restrictions on her future imposed by her race... She even disclaims her mother to camouflage her ancestry and eventually takes a decision with extremely drastic effect...
'Imitation of Life' is the first of three highly lucrative Lana Turner-Ross Hunter collaborations... It is a marvelous showcase for the talents of Juanita Moore, a self-sacrificing mother so loving, honest and sincere... Susan Kohner is skillful enough to project unafraid sensuality... Both women won Academy Award nominations in the category of Best Supporting Actress...