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IMITATION OF LIFE

DOUGLAS SIRK
USA      124 m.
Synopsis
Sirk may have thought this weepie novel by Fannie Hurst a "mixture of kitsch, lunacy and trash", but he turned it into a controversial masterpiece. Despite the clinical coldness and irony over the plot and characters --Lana Turner is but a beautiful blind mask-- it contrives to make your hair stand on end in those scenes with Susan Kohner, the poor black girl who wanted to be white.
Director
DOUGLAS SIRK
Screenplay
Eleanore Griffin, Allan G. Scott
Plot
Fannie Hurst
Photography
Russell Metty
Edition
Milton Carruth
Music
Henry Mancini, Frank Skinner
Cast
Lana Turner (Lora Meredith), John Gavin (Steve Archer), Sandra Dee (Susie), Juanita Moore (Annie Johnson)
Running Time
124 m.
Country
USA
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