Imitation of Life
Year | 1934 |
Starring | John Gavin, Lana Turner, Robert Alda, Sanda Dee |
Director(s) | Douglas Sirk |
Rating | Unrated |
Genre(s) | Drama, Romance |
Runtime | 125 min |
Lora Meredith is an aspiring actress and single mother who meets Annie Johnson, a black and similarly single and struggling mother. The two women move in together and face a huge challenge as they try to raise their children — especially Annie’s daughter, who, favoring her extremely fair-skinned father, slowly comes to resent her mother’s black identity.