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Title:

Imitation of life [videorecording DVD] / [presented by] Universal International ; produced by Ross Hunter ; screenplay by Eleanore Griffin and Allan Scott ; directed by Douglas Sirk.

Format:

[videorecording DVD] /

Edition:

Widescreen version.

Publisher:

Universal Studios Home Video,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Mothers and daughters--Drama.
Passing (Identity)--Drama.
Madres e hijas--Teatro.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVDs held by the Library.

Other Authors:

Hunter, Ross.
Griffin, Eleanore.
Scott, Allan, 1906-1995.
Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987.
Turner, Lana, 1921-1995.
Gavin, John, 1928-
Dee, Sandra.
O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005.
Kohner, Susan, 1936-
Alda, Robert.
Moore, Juanita.
Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972.
Metty, Russell.
Carruth, Milton.
Skinner, Frank.
Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968. Imitation of life.
Universal-International (Firm)
Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)

Notes:

Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda, Juanita Moore, Mahalia Jackson. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. Based on the novel by Fannie Hurst.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9780783276700
0783276702

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51341590

UPC:

025192261121

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)