i wanted to slap sara jane for treating her mama like that, she did kill her mom she died of a broken heart. But just watched the original black and white version and must watch it to compare it. have to say i like the lana turner version better
@Pikafuli i believe the 1st original version is 1934?? i think your search will be quite successful and accurate if u google it...it'll automatically give u both versions
I don't like how '' Annie '' allowed her own daughter to walk to bed on her own while she firstly carried in '' Suzie ''...Annie desreved then to be later ditched by S-J....lol
I adore this movie! I use to behave exactly like Sarah-Jane, till my mom and nana made me watch this! I got a reality check and haven't looked back since! Steve Archer is FIIIIIIIINe!
@zarzar17 Steve Archer, the photografer and seductor,was played by John Gavin.He wasn't so famous cos Rock Hudson took all the prime role in that time.But under Reagan administration,Gavin was named USembassador in Mexico.And a lot of people came to see him remembering this movie.You damn right he was so fine..
I was 12 Years old when i saw this show for the first time..In my entire life now i have never seen another one that would affect my Life in such a PROFOUND WAY.
I will always be grateful for such a Touching story of a Mother who loved her Child beyond imagining but suffered and died because of Heartbreak.Heartbreak knows NO color.
I was a little girl when I went to see this with my mom and everyone in the movie theatre was crying, actually sobbing. To this day, I cry at the ending. I wish more movies were made like this; with a good message not always with sexual inuendo,
I am just beginning to watch this and, already, I am a little offended by it. The fact that Juanita Moore calls Lana Turner "Miss Laura", dispenses folksy wisdom and does Laura's laundry b/c she "likes taking care of beautiful things" - bleeeech. (Though it is funny how times have changed regarding children. The fact that the little girl's having her picture taken on the beach by a strange man is totally normal to everyone THEN she gives him her address so he can send her a copy! Good grief.
It's a wonderful film & you really have to remember when it was made.
For Hollywood to even tackle the race issue is remarkable.
There are so many rememorable & telling lines ~ like when Laura says "Why Annie, it never occurred to me that you had any friends. You never spoke of them." And she replies "Well Miss Laura, that's because you never asked".
You'll find more & more in this film the more you see it. My black mates LOVE this film. xx
I appreciate what you're saying, but I still find it offensive (I'm white, by the way) - just because you know black people who enjoy the movie doesn't mean that it is any less insulting to black people.
@truejinx12 one has to remember those day on early 19Th. cent ppl were very trustworthy... apart from a few bad eggs...even till today in canada ppl leave their house doors ajar... (some)
with different times different measures arise. change is inevitable.....
@truejinx12 What's so offensive about doing someones laundry because they were helping you out. The lady and her child were homeless for Pete's sake ! I don't know about you but if I had a child and nowhere to stay and somebody offered me a place i would gladly do the laundry and ironing too ! So probably would you.
"Its very nice for you to have remembered the children." Why do women say dumb things like that, LOL! As fine as she is he would remember her for decades.
It's interesting...when this movie was released in 1959, my mom, a light-skinned Black, was living with her family in a middle-class community where everyone else was Black. I think, ultimately, the story of Sarah Jane's pain was due to economics. She considered being Black a "curse", because she equated her family's poverty with it.The fact is that many Blacks like her were living good lives w/little tragedy.Her trauma was connected to the bad situation she and her mom were in, not 'Blackness'
@rturnerful I'm only 22 and i really like classic movies like this... i watched it when i was about 9 years old too... this movie was so sad. Sigh they don't make quality movies like this any more.... now they've got all these 'visually attractive' movies that doesn't really bring back any memory...
Imitation of Life is not just about a mulato and her black mother; it's about both women sacrificing for their daughters--if you keep watching the movie, youll see
@49jubilee exactly, as a child she was too young to understand but once she was older i wanted to tear her head off doing her mom like that, with that said still an awsome movie, and tearful
5 years late? Lana Turner looks like a 40 year-old woman preserved in formaldehyde. Had never seen a movie with her before; don´t find her pretty at all and hate the fact that the hair colouring and grey suit remind me of kim novak in Vertigo.
@PrincessPeach777 Sorry if i sounded too harsh; i guess my comment was bound to stir up some ill-feelings among fans. Don´t know much about the sluts of nowadays you refer to though, I´m not that immersed in celebrity culture.
My favourite movie! It actually changed my life! Brilliant actors! Bonita Moore! Superb! And Mahalia Jackson(who sings trouble of the world at the end) ;) this is a true classic(even though it's a remake) I could watch it a million times over and still love it!
The original with Claudette Colbert was very good but it cannot beat this the whole casting is brilliant, and Juanita Moore should have recieved and oscar. and lana turner
i'm only 20 & luv this movie. my mummie luv this movie & introduced me to it when I was only 7 yrs old back when it was VHS. imma have to buy this on DVD real soon.
Annie (Juanita Moore) and Sarah Jane have their own struggles, as the light-skinned Sarah Jane is in a constant state of turmoil over her identity and steadfastly wants to pass for white. Sarah Jane's anger at being black translates into animosity towards her long-suffering mother.
Lana Turner was such a true beauty and talent,she was one of a kind and sweet and all she went through with in her life,she has my respect as a person,I wish I could of met her.
@buckinray18 WOW! Didn't see that coming! Anyways, this was one of my mother's favorite movies and I remember seeing it when I was little and bursting into tears at the end. I have seen the first version as well, but this one is better!
@sweetlikesuga2 I just love her. Class, class, classy lady. She and Caludia McNeil (A Raisin the the Sun) are two of my favorites. I see a lot of her in Angela Bassett.
don't you think there are hundreds of black actresses before Halle Berry who deserved an oscar?? what about Cecily Tyson? or Whoopi Goldburg's brilliance in The Color Purple? and the list goes on & on...
This has to be the best movie of all time. Certainly in the top 10. My other favorite is Rosemary's Baby. They just don't make them like this anymore. Thanks.
Does anyone know who the little girl is who played little Sara Jane?
missdarcy321 1 week ago
I'm mean white
ipiinkypromiiseroc 3 weeks ago
I can't believe she wanted to be black
ipiinkypromiiseroc 3 weeks ago
Beautiful n relevant: this movie highlights the challenges faced by multiracial. God had his reason n his purpose is at work!!!
TraMatable 1 month ago
i wanted to slap sara jane for treating her mama like that, she did kill her mom she died of a broken heart. But just watched the original black and white version and must watch it to compare it. have to say i like the lana turner version better
TheChica510 1 month ago
@TheChica510 There's another version of this!? Damn what year?? I have to see that!
And same here! I want to knock sense into her.
Pikafuli 3 weeks ago
@Pikafuli i believe the 1st original version is 1934?? i think your search will be quite successful and accurate if u google it...it'll automatically give u both versions
buttafly361 2 weeks ago
where is part 1?
IlyBeyonce4eva 2 months ago
@IlyBeyonce4eva Look at the list of clips to the right. It says "Imitation of Life" 1/13, as in part one of thirteen parts.
LMmccallL57 1 month ago
What a tart '' Miss Laura '' is - accepting a date from a man whose name she doesn't even know!
n0iwont 2 months ago
I don't like how '' Annie '' allowed her own daughter to walk to bed on her own while she firstly carried in '' Suzie ''...Annie desreved then to be later ditched by S-J....lol
n0iwont 2 months ago
Luckily '' Annie '' is such a servile god-send to Miss laura...
n0iwont 2 months ago
One of my favorite movies of all time!!!
FavoredIAm 2 months ago
GOD MED EVERY BODDY TO LOVE EVERY BODDY
henrysmusic2009able 3 months ago
I adore this movie! I use to behave exactly like Sarah-Jane, till my mom and nana made me watch this! I got a reality check and haven't looked back since! Steve Archer is FIIIIIIIINe!
zarzar17 3 months ago
@zarzar17 Steve Archer, the photografer and seductor,was played by John Gavin.He wasn't so famous cos Rock Hudson took all the prime role in that time.But under Reagan administration,Gavin was named USembassador in Mexico.And a lot of people came to see him remembering this movie.You damn right he was so fine..
satyricon55 3 months ago
Handsome henry looked good with his hair slicked back in those days.
pancake2662 4 months ago
Thank you so much for posting this movie!!!! You don't know how happy you've made me!!
two2erisfans 4 months ago
Little Susie is the same little girl that played Rhoda in The Bad Seed.
dumonceauxable 6 months ago
i think lana turner was so beautiful and full of grace
lakersfan1974 8 months ago 2
I was 12 Years old when i saw this show for the first time..In my entire life now i have never seen another one that would affect my Life in such a PROFOUND WAY.
I will always be grateful for such a Touching story of a Mother who loved her Child beyond imagining but suffered and died because of Heartbreak.Heartbreak knows NO color.
dedekeene 9 months ago
I was a little girl when I went to see this with my mom and everyone in the movie theatre was crying, actually sobbing. To this day, I cry at the ending. I wish more movies were made like this; with a good message not always with sexual inuendo,
1113stefanie 10 months ago 5
This movie is nothing more than misleading on whose the blame 4 the ills of mixed racial relationships! and it was not Peola!
charlene12341234 10 months ago
@charlene12341234 And you're nothing more than asshole who has nothing else better to do than be a racist.
unodoseable 6 months ago
I am just beginning to watch this and, already, I am a little offended by it. The fact that Juanita Moore calls Lana Turner "Miss Laura", dispenses folksy wisdom and does Laura's laundry b/c she "likes taking care of beautiful things" - bleeeech. (Though it is funny how times have changed regarding children. The fact that the little girl's having her picture taken on the beach by a strange man is totally normal to everyone THEN she gives him her address so he can send her a copy! Good grief.
truejinx12 10 months ago
@truejinx12
Please dont be offended by it.
It's a wonderful film & you really have to remember when it was made.
For Hollywood to even tackle the race issue is remarkable.
There are so many rememorable & telling lines ~ like when Laura says "Why Annie, it never occurred to me that you had any friends. You never spoke of them." And she replies "Well Miss Laura, that's because you never asked".
You'll find more & more in this film the more you see it. My black mates LOVE this film. xx
bootsamou 10 months ago
@bootsamou
I appreciate what you're saying, but I still find it offensive (I'm white, by the way) - just because you know black people who enjoy the movie doesn't mean that it is any less insulting to black people.
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truejinx12 10 months ago 2
@truejinx12 one has to remember those day on early 19Th. cent ppl were very trustworthy... apart from a few bad eggs...even till today in canada ppl leave their house doors ajar... (some)
with different times different measures arise. change is inevitable.....
tis movie is hear-trenching...
thnks again
sanysele 9 months ago
@truejinx12 What's so offensive about doing someones laundry because they were helping you out. The lady and her child were homeless for Pete's sake ! I don't know about you but if I had a child and nowhere to stay and somebody offered me a place i would gladly do the laundry and ironing too ! So probably would you.
expos73 7 months ago 5
"Its very nice for you to have remembered the children." Why do women say dumb things like that, LOL! As fine as she is he would remember her for decades.
AussieKen1972 11 months ago
It's interesting...when this movie was released in 1959, my mom, a light-skinned Black, was living with her family in a middle-class community where everyone else was Black. I think, ultimately, the story of Sarah Jane's pain was due to economics. She considered being Black a "curse", because she equated her family's poverty with it.The fact is that many Blacks like her were living good lives w/little tragedy.Her trauma was connected to the bad situation she and her mom were in, not 'Blackness'
RETROGEMS 11 months ago
@RETROGEMS No this is the remake of the movie the first version of this movie was released 1934..
BluBerriBabiKisses90 11 months ago
God, the actress playing Lora has the worst dye job I've ever seen.
zombiegirl626 11 months ago
Juanita Moore's hair looked NICE.....silky.....
dimdim891 11 months ago
I LOVE this movie!!!
BrandNewMei 1 year ago
I love classic names.... I think Sarah Jane is a petty name... I would def name My lil girl that or something like it....
HONEYBCRISSY 1 year ago
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Very good movie!
monsey3262 1 year ago
sarah jane kinda looked like Paris Jackson(Michael Jackson's daughter)
evileyez504 1 year ago
@rturnerful I'm only 22 and i really like classic movies like this... i watched it when i was about 9 years old too... this movie was so sad. Sigh they don't make quality movies like this any more.... now they've got all these 'visually attractive' movies that doesn't really bring back any memory...
dstea 1 year ago
Many of the actors and actresses in this movie are dead today and some have died at least 30 years ago.
D32011 1 year ago
@D32011 Yes all of the actors have died except for Annie and the older and younger Sarah Jane and the younger Sussie.
shae1178 1 year ago
@shae1178 That's false, in the 1959 version most of them are still alive, Google IT
desire14899 1 year ago
do you see how sharp and classy women dressed back in the day? man oh man
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
@mjjcng8958 do you see how chivalrous men used to be back in the day? man OH man!
impatientwithdesire 11 months ago
@impatientwithdesire lol. i love vintage fashion and yeas you are right men had class too.
mjjcng8958 11 months ago
FINALLY
BlazinTrinidad 1 year ago
a true classic...sirk underated....i have a daughter lana.... ;-)
superflei2 1 year ago
Steve is extremely handsome.
miab121 1 year ago
i love this movie...love the part with mahalia jackson this woman can sing...RIP.
2SMoOtHKr3WCeOMAtRiX 1 year ago
beauuuutiful lana turner. miss her. never one like her again. cheryl - your mom was the best. natural. beautiful, unique. lovely. miss her lots.
greatguy1001 1 year ago
Imitation of Life is not just about a mulato and her black mother; it's about both women sacrificing for their daughters--if you keep watching the movie, youll see
49jubilee 1 year ago
@49jubilee exactly, as a child she was too young to understand but once she was older i wanted to tear her head off doing her mom like that, with that said still an awsome movie, and tearful
boomcc1 1 year ago
grEAT XXXXX
markstar777 1 year ago
Men looked so handsome with their hair slicked back in those days, a gentleman really looked like a gentleman.
rankingj 1 year ago 16
@rankingj i know they were handsome, carry grant and all the rest doing those day, the ricky recardo look lol
boomcc1 1 year ago
5 years late? Lana Turner looks like a 40 year-old woman preserved in formaldehyde. Had never seen a movie with her before; don´t find her pretty at all and hate the fact that the hair colouring and grey suit remind me of kim novak in Vertigo.
anamagdalena28 1 year ago
@anamagdalena28
ill tell u one thing, shes damn better than nowadays sluts who everyone make a big stink about.
PrincessPeach777 1 year ago
@PrincessPeach777 Sorry if i sounded too harsh; i guess my comment was bound to stir up some ill-feelings among fans. Don´t know much about the sluts of nowadays you refer to though, I´m not that immersed in celebrity culture.
anamagdalena28 1 year ago
@anamagdalena28 Type in Movie Legends - The Young Lana Turner
hjb103055 1 year ago
well, HELLO..mr archer..:D
minervavlad 1 year ago
i saw this movie as a child i loved it so much....im bi racial as well it deals with issues biracial ppl go through identity issues....
maddmystic10 1 year ago
The guy that played Stever was a hottie back in the day! Ooooh! What I would give to trav back and meet him! Lol
zarzar17 1 year ago
@zarzar17 come with me i rented a time machine, to revisit soultrain line in the 70s we can take it back further lol lmao come go with me
boomcc1 1 year ago
My favourite movie! It actually changed my life! Brilliant actors! Bonita Moore! Superb! And Mahalia Jackson(who sings trouble of the world at the end) ;) this is a true classic(even though it's a remake) I could watch it a million times over and still love it!
zarzar17 1 year ago
The original with Claudette Colbert was very good but it cannot beat this the whole casting is brilliant, and Juanita Moore should have recieved and oscar. and lana turner
starlight76able 1 year ago 6
This really is a brilliant movie.....almost forgotten nowadays.
JBinOtown 1 year ago
@Mizvictor07 So do I. Beautiful, quality films through and through,
1024SueNelson 1 year ago
@rturnerful how about Titanic?
justice15kids 1 year ago
i'm only 20 & luv this movie. my mummie luv this movie & introduced me to it when I was only 7 yrs old back when it was VHS. imma have to buy this on DVD real soon.
cami725 1 year ago
It's so cute how their friendship just took off.
teeizhot 1 year ago
i kn rite
tyotycrazy 1 year ago
this version is good but I like the 1934 version a little better but both are great movies and always makes me cry towards the end
NKE272 1 year ago
Annie (Juanita Moore) and Sarah Jane have their own struggles, as the light-skinned Sarah Jane is in a constant state of turmoil over her identity and steadfastly wants to pass for white. Sarah Jane's anger at being black translates into animosity towards her long-suffering mother.
MissUniverse2010 1 year ago 5
Lana Turner was such a true beauty and talent,she was one of a kind and sweet and all she went through with in her life,she has my respect as a person,I wish I could of met her.
Latebargirl 1 year ago
These were REAL people, so different from today's cold, manufactured style.
2dasimmons 1 year ago
@2dasimmons That is why this movie sticks to my like coins to a parking meter.
Juliaflo 1 year ago
Movie making during this time was so full of feeling, thought and yes class.
MSnoopHJR 1 year ago
I like the part of SarahJane, and Suzie when they were so happy to see Steve. How Cute!!!
raulace2 1 year ago
juanita Moore is a beautiful lady. She paved the way for our Halle berry.
sweetlikesuga2 2 years ago 53
@sweetlikesuga2
More like Angela Bassett, she's MUCH more talented than Halle.
Plus, she's actually black. (:
buckinray18 1 year ago 3
@buckinray18 WOW! Didn't see that coming! Anyways, this was one of my mother's favorite movies and I remember seeing it when I was little and bursting into tears at the end. I have seen the first version as well, but this one is better!
MsRose00 1 year ago 2
@buckinray18 Definitely.
ImNotYourFriend212 7 months ago
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@sweetlikesuga2
And the cool thing is that she's still alive and kicking!! :-))
RETROGEMS 1 year ago
@sweetlikesuga2 I just love her. Class, class, classy lady. She and Caludia McNeil (A Raisin the the Sun) are two of my favorites. I see a lot of her in Angela Bassett.
fourthgirl 1 year ago
@sweetlikesuga2 just shows u that it doesnt take the best make up artist... beauty comes natuarl :o)
chocolatechip20 1 year ago
@sweetlikesuga2 -Dorothy Dandrige Paved the way 4 Juanita Moore !
charlene12341234 10 months ago
@sweetlikesuga2 OMG, for a moment, I thought you said she passed away! I was gonna scream. I agree, she was beautiful.
I love this movie. :)
DesTay95 7 months ago
@sweetlikesuga2 and lets not forget Dorothy Dandrige :-)
unodoseable 6 months ago
@sweetlikesuga2 and let's not forget Dorothy Dandrige :-)
unodoseable 6 months ago
@sweetlikesuga2
don't you think there are hundreds of black actresses before Halle Berry who deserved an oscar?? what about Cecily Tyson? or Whoopi Goldburg's brilliance in The Color Purple? and the list goes on & on...
BostonFrost 6 months ago 15
@BostonFrost I agree plenty of black actresses before halle deserve the oscar.
jonesbunny 6 months ago
I'm liking the older (1934 version) better. I'm only on part 2...so we'll see. :)
TangledWeb 2 years ago
This has to be the best movie of all time. Certainly in the top 10. My other favorite is Rosemary's Baby. They just don't make them like this anymore. Thanks.
Bombeni 2 years ago 9