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04827agm a2200865 i 4500 001 4135D77C0CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230617010022 007 vd#bsaizm 008 221117p20231934nyu110 vleng d 020 $a 9798886070064 024 10 $a 715515280617 028 42 $a CC3430BD $b The Criterion Collection 035 $a (OCoLC)1350930749 040 $a TEFMT $b eng $e rda $c TEFMT $d TEF $d OCLCF $d TEFMT $d GK8 $d VP@ $d SFR $d YUS $d CLE $d NUI $d SILO 041 0 $a eng 046 $k 1934 $2 edtf 050 4 $a PN1997 $b .I45 2023 082 04 $a 791.43/72 $2 23/eng/20221123 130 0 $a Imitation of life (Motion picture : 1934) 245 00 $a Imitation of life / $c produced by Carl Laemmle ; written by William Hurlbut ; directed by John M. Stahl. 257 $a United States $2 naf 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Criterion Collection, $c [2023] 300 $a 1 videodisc (110 min.) : $b sound, black and white ; $c 4 3/4 in. $e 1 folded insert. 340 $b 4 3/4 in. 340 $g polychrome $2 rdacc 490 1 $a Criterion collection ; $v 1167 511 1 $a Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Warren William. 538 $a Blu-ray, region A; full screen (1.33:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player. 520 $a It explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington that lends the film its transcendent emotional power. This first adaptation of Fannie Hurst's best-selling novel boldly confronts the complexities and contradictions of racial identity, economic exploitation, and the limits of the American dream. 500 $a Originally released as a motion picture in 1934. 500 $a Full screen (1.33:1). 500 $a 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. 500 $a Special features: new interview with Miriam J. Petty, author of Stealing tyhe show: African American performers and audiences in 1930s Hollywood, about the resonance of Louise Beavers's and Fredi Washington's performances; new interview with Imogen Sara Smith, contributor to The call of the heart: John M. Stahl and Hollywood melodrama, about director John M. Stahl and his work with actor Claudette Colbert and others; trailer. 500 $a Accompanied by folded insert containing an essay by Miriam J. Petty. 546 $a In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). 600 17 $a Hurst, Fannie, $d 1889-1968. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00049367 650 0 $a Female friendship $v Drama. 650 0 $a African American women $v Drama. 650 0 $a Working class women $v Drama. 650 0 $a Single mothers $v Drama. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $v Drama. 650 0 $a Passing (Identity) $v Drama. 650 0 $a Sex discrimination against women $v Drama. 650 0 $a Race discrimination $v Drama. 650 7 $a Mothers and daughters. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01026997 650 7 $a Passing (Identity) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01054417 650 7 $a Single mothers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01119370 655 7 $a Drama. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423879 655 7 $a Feature films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710384 655 7 $a Fiction films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710264 655 7 $a Film adaptations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710491 655 7 $a Romance films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710332 655 7 $a Video recordings for the hearing impaired. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710450 655 7 $a Melodramas (Motion pictures) $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Feature films. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Fiction films. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Romance films. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Film adaptations. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Video recordings for the hearing impaired. $2 lcgft 710 2 $a Criterion Collection (Firm), $e publisher. 700 1 $a Laemmle, Carl, $c Jr., $d 1908-1979, $e film producer. 700 1 $a Hurlbut, William J. $q (William James), $d 1883-1957, $e screenwriter. 700 1 $a Stahl, John M., $d 1886-1950, $e film director. 700 1 $a Colbert, Claudette, $e actor. 700 1 $a Beavers, Louise, $d 1902-1962, $e actor. 700 1 $a Washington, Fredi, $d 1903-1994, $e actor. 700 1 $a William, Warren, $d 1895-1948, $e actor. 700 1 $a Petty, Miriam J., $e writer of supplementary textual content. 700 1 $i Motion picture adaptation of (work): $a Hurst, Fannie, $d 1889-1968. $t Imitation of life. 830 0 $a Criterion collection ; $v 1167. 941 $a 1 945 $a blu 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014245.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4135D77C0CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search