71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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IMITATION OF LIFE

JOHN M. STAHL
USA      111 m.
Synopsis
This account of the relationship between two women-- one white, one black-- was subject to all sorts of censorship pressure, mainly for the way it tackles "the racial question" through Peola, a black girl who wants to be taken for a white. Stahl's aloofness succeeds in touching us through the characters of this otherwise exorbitant plot: Claudette Corbert's character versus Lana Turner's in Sirk's remake would serve as an example.
Director
JOHN M. STAHL
Screenplay
William Hurlbut
Plot
Fannie Hurst (Imitation of Life)
Photography
Merritt Gerstad
Edition
Philip Cahn, Maurice Wright
Music
Heinz Roemheld
Cast
Claudette Colbert (Beatrice Pullman), Warren William (Stephen Archer), Rochelle Hudson (Jessie Pullman), Louise Beavers (Delilah Johnson)
Running Time
111 m.
Country
USA
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