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Imitation of life
- Title
- Imitation of life / directed by Douglas Sirk.
- Publication
- Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, c1985.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (124 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Two widows, one white and one black and their two troubled daughters come to realize they have been living emotionally fruitless lives. Lora's success as an actress causes her to neglect her daughter while the daughter of Lora's black housekeeper repudiates her mother by passing for white.
- Series Statement
- (Film classics)
- Uniform Title
- Imitation of life (Motion picture : 1959)
- Genre/Form
- Feature films.
- Note
- Original production: c1959.
- Based on the book by Fannie Hurst.
- Credits (note)
- Screenwriters, Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott ; Universal International.
- Performer (note)
- Lana Turner, John Gavin.
- System Details (note)
- VHS.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-1134
- ISBN
- 155880580X
- LCCN
- 4789780152
- Title
- Imitation of life / directed by Douglas Sirk.
- Imprint
- Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, c1985.
- Series
- (Film classics)
- Cast
- Lana Turner, John Gavin.
- Credits
- Screenwriters, Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott ; Universal International.
- System Details
- VHS.
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- Added Author
- Turner, Lana, 1921-1995, actor.Gavin, John, 1931-2018, actor.Griffin, Eleanore.Scott, Allan, 1906-1995.Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968.Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987, film director.Universal Pictures Company.MCA Home Video (Firm)
- Added Title
- Imitation of life (Motion picture : 1959)
- Other Standard Identifier
- 4789780152
- Publisher No.
- 80152 MCA Home Video