Imitation Of Life Part 3/13

This is a movie that is brilliant, beautiful, and wonderfully tragic in it's portrayal of women, friendships, and Mothers & daughters in the late 50's. As a Biracial woman I found it very powerful in it's attempt to address the complexities of racial identity . Adapted from Fannie Hurst's novel it's 1959's Imitation of Life. Starring Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda, Dan O'Herlihy, and Gospel music star Mahalia Jackson.

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• Imitation Of Life
• Lana Turner
• Juanita Moore
• John Gavin
• Sandra Dee
• Susan Kohner
• Robert Alda
• Dan O'Herlihy
• Mahalia Jackson
• racial identity
• Biracial
• women
• 1959
• Mothers
• daughters

[Eddiesix]

This is a great movie! Made in 1959 it was years ahead of it's time in dealing with issues like racism. A very fine film. I'm glad it's posted to Youtube!

[Tejano44]

@shalayneG , as a young boy we went to the Rialto in Sinton , Tx. and saw this classic movie . The gilrs all cried at the last scene . We boys tried and acted like we had something in our eyes to try to hide the tears . Pure raw emotional movie that is a classic . It will always be enbedded in my mind . Semper Fidelis .

[thdog52]

The secretary at the agency is the 2nd Gladys Kravitz from Bewitched.

[7harobed]

i'm in th arts as a teen there were unscupolous photagraphers" As a young woman I sang and acted in plays-ran into a few "producers" the entertainment industry is indeed full if shisters and low lifes... thank god I

Had someone in my corner looking out for me...and a good head on my shoulders 

[Altoclarinets]

Loomis= ugh, what a womanizer!

[tonyace3252]

stave is so

hot that's a real man mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[defundthewar]

That's M*A*S*H's Alan Alda's dad Robert Alda at 3:00, and that eye-rolling expression is a hoot!

[fjdmusicman]

corny and tired script ......

[zarzar17]

Steve is sooooo fine!!!

[mjjcng8958]

@expos73 they look so much alike. i found out that allen was in the army and was stationed in korea after the korean war. so ironic that he ended up playing the part of a korean war soldier

[expos73]

@mjjcng8958 That is Robert Alda. Alan Alda from M*A*S*H father.

[mooki33]

Good for Lora for standing up for herself. I like the scene between Steve and Annie and you can see at the end of this clip that Lora truly does depend on Annie for friendship and not just as a live-in nanny/housekeeper. No matter how it started out they loved and needed each other!!