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Imitation of life / a Universal Picture ; screenplay, William Hurlbut ; adapted for the screen by Preston Sturges ... [and others] ; directed by John M. Stahl ; produced by Carl Laemmle.
LIBRA VHS PS3515.U785 I452 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Preston Sturges collection
- Universal Cinema classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968--Film adaptations.
- Hurst, Fannie.
- Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968.
- Single mothers--United States--Drama.
- Single mothers.
- Mothers and daughters--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Passing (Identity).
- United States.
- African Americans--Drama.
- African Americans.
- Passing (Identity)--Drama.
- Women in motion pictures.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, [1998]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Bea, an entrepreneurial single mother, and her housemaid Delilah build a fortune together-- but success doesn't save them from sorrow in the passing years. Delilah's daughter rejects her mother and her race, while Bea must choose between the man she loves and the daughter who loves him too.
- Participant:
- Claudette Colbert, Warren Williams, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks.
- Credits:
- Photography, Merritt Gerstad ; editors, Philip Cahn, Maurice Wright ; music, Heinz Roemheld.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Fannie Hurst.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1934.
- ISBN:
- 0783227647
- OCLC:
- 39653795
- Publisher Number:
- 096898373739
- 83737 Universal Home Video
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