Imitation of Life [1959 film] (1959)

by Douglas Sirk (Director), Eleanore Griffin (Screenwriter), Fannie Hurst (Screenwriter), Allan Scott (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Sandra Dee, Lucy Fischer, John Gavin, Mahalia Jackson, Susan Kohner — 2 more, Juanita Moore, Lana Turner

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The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Sirk, Douglas	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Griffin, Eleanore	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Hurst, Fannie	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Scott, Allan	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Dee, Sandra	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fischer, Lucy	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gavin, John	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jackson, Mahalia	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kohner, Susan	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Moore, Juanita	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Turner, Lana	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Imitation of Life: Two-Movie Collection [1934/1959 films] by John M. Stahl

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Imitation of Life by Fannie Hurst

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Far from Heaven [2002 film] by Todd Haynes

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The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence.

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