Imitation Of Life 1959 at Life

Imitation Of Life 1959. Film essay, imitation of life (1959), national film registry, library of congress, douglas sirk, ross hunter, lana turner, john gavin, sandra dee, susan kohner, matthew kennedy It was sirk's final hollywood film and dealt with issues of race, class and gender.

It was sirk's final hollywood film and dealt with issues of race, class and gender. 'imitation of of life', is one of my all time favorite movies. Living a lie is a poor substitute for living the truth sometimes it takes the harsh realties of life to help us discover who we truly are.

Imitation of Life (1934) The Motion Pictures

Stahl.the screenplay by william hurlbut, based on fannie hurst's 1933 novel of the same name, was augmented by eight additional uncredited writers, including preston sturges and finley peter dunne. Release date, april 30, 1959. Like most of his films, it moves at that characteristic 1950s studio pace (something akin to molasses) but it is more than the sum of its pokey parts. Sirk’s version starred lana turner as an actress and uninterested.