Imitation of Life
THE DARING STORY OF MOTHER LOVE - On the Screen for the First Time!
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11/23/1934Runtime
111 minsOverview
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
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A pre-Code melodrama that braids together the stories of two mothers and daughters, watching their economic ascent become entangled with the painful rifts that success and racial passing create within their families. The film moves between warmth and heartbreak as ambition and identity collide.
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Claudette Colbert
Beatrice 'Bea' Pullman
Louise Beavers
Delilah Johnson
Warren William
Stephen 'Steve' Archer
Rochelle Hudson
Jessie Pullman, Age 18
Ned Sparks
Elmer Smith
Fredi Washington
Peola Johnson, Age 19
Juanita Quigley
Baby Jessie Pullman, Age 3
Alan Hale
Martin the Furniture Man
Henry Armetta
The Painter
Wyndham Standing
Beatrice's Butler Jarvis
Joyce Compton
Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
Noel Francis
Mrs. Eden (uncredited)
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