Imitation of Life
Fannie Hurst's best selling novel of today's tormented generation!
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4/9/1959Runtime
125 minsOverview
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
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A lush melodrama about two women bound by friendship and circumstance, exploring the hidden costs of ambition and the racial divides that haunt their relationship. It's a film that feels generous with emotion but carries the weight of its era's racial contradictions.
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