have you ever seen the film "imitation of life"?

Question

starring the great lana turner what are your thoughts about it thanx?

lol nor am i jo i'm in my thirties and used to watch the old black and white movies with my grandmother who has since passed on but i love the old classics and this was one of her favourites so it has a special place in my heart x

Answer 1

That is one of my husbands favorite movies.He still gets emotional at the last of the movie when Lana Turner's character runs up to the hearse and cries for her mother who has died.Throughout her life (in the movie) Lana was ashamed that her mother was black and she spent her lifetime trying to pass as white.I always felt so bad for her mother.It has been a few years since I last saw it but whenever it is on we always watch it.Not your typical guy movie.

Answer 2

Wow.

If that isn't a coincidence.

My mother adored that movie as well.

She watched it at least once a week from the day I purchased it for her.

She pictured herself having the being the house keeper with the ungrateful daughter and realy big heart.

In the original movie that character became the imageof Aunt Jemima Pancakes, a little piece of trivia.

But like you this was her favorite movie and i keep a copy around at all times for that reason.

I've seen it hundreds of times and it gets harder to just see the movie each time.

I believe that movie has the first bi-racial kiss, or perhaps that was also the Claudette Colbert version.

At any rate it is a great movie. You might also watch the Prodigal and Madame X as well. Lana Turner was stunning in both.

Other good movies are "All this And Heaven Too" and "Green Dolphin Street".

Watch them all if you get a chance.

Answer 3

Yes. My folks have two cockers that do the same thing - even though my mom learned a long time ago that dogs are great actors. I absolutely HATE a dog begging at the table - and I have a friend that also has two cockers, and I don't like eating over at his place because they feed the dogs at the table, it can ruin a meal for me.

Answer 4

That was undoubtedly one of the best films I've ever seen in my entire life. I cried my eyes out. And I love Mahalia Jackson who sang in it. God rest her soul, she was and still is my favorite Gospel singer. Lana Turner was great in it. It is a very touching story. Truly one of my very favorite films. I recommend it to everyone.

Answer 5

I've lost count of the times I've watched this film although it isn't officially a favorite film. It's always entertaining, including seeing Troy Donahue play a bad boy! It fits into the category of other such "glossy sudsers", as critics term them, as "Peyton Place" (with Lana), "Madame X" (with Lana), "Portrait in Black" (with guess who!), and "Moment to Moment" (1966).

The person I enjoy most in this film is Susan Kohner, who definitely is overlooked. She's done a lot more work than most people realize: "Dino", "To Hell and Back", "The Gene Krupa Story" (once more teamed with Sal Mineo, as in "Dino"), and "Freud". She did much more TV work than films unfortunately.

It is a good "tearjerker" movie, isn't it? Kohner gets the biggest moments, especially at her mother's funeral.

Answer 6

No,sorry Bex,l am old- but Not That Old-lol. 57. Night Babe. Love Ya.xx

Answer 7

Yes, it was a remake of a 1934 film and the screen adaptation of Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel.
It has a lot of relevance today, sadly, the class struggle, differing treatment of people of different colours and the way in which some mixed race people feel compelled to betray their heritage in order to get on in life. It's an excellent film.

Answer 8

can you tell us a bit about the story line, i think i know the film your on about, but there is some great black and white over the years, know loads of films not good on the titles??

Answer 9

That's strange that you should ask that. It was my answer to a question last week about 'your favourite film of all time'
I was beginning to think I'd imagined it until today !
It was sooooooooo sad and sooooooooooo lovely at the same time. It has everything in it that a film should have -fun and laughter,sadness and tears,beauty and sleaze, black and white. It works its way through the lives of the rich and the poor culminating in death and the realization that you should be proud of roots -no matter where they are.
I'm going to try and buy it this week !
When |I was young(millions of years ago) Mahalia Jackson used to sing a Gospel song every night on the telly before the white spot came on at the end of service(at about 11pm or earlier !)

Answer 10

Bex, I can't remember seeing it, but recognise the name of the film, i have no doubts, that my mum would have seen it and i probably watched it with her as a child.
She loves the old B & W Films with their high drama, as one of the others mentioned "Madame X" it's a bit of a tearjerker at the end, and i clearly remember seeing that one for sure!