Title: Imitation of Life
Released in: 1934
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson
Director: John M. Stahl
Plot: A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Title: Imitation of Life
Released in: 1959
Genre Drama
Cast Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee
Director: Douglas Sirk
Plot: An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
Released in: 1934
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson
Director: John M. Stahl
Plot: A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Title: Imitation of Life
Released in: 1959
Genre Drama
Cast Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee
Director: Douglas Sirk
Plot: An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.