Imitation of Life (1934)
Drama, Romance • 1h 51m
Overview
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.
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Fredi Washington, Juanita Quigley, Alan Hale, Henry Armetta, Wyndham Standing, Joyce Compton, Noel Francis, Jane Withers, Marcia Mae Jones, Henry Kolker, Hattie McDaniel, William B. Davidson, William Austin, G.P. Huntley, Tyler Brooke, Sayre Dearing, Claire McDowell, Jean Fenwick, Dick Gordon, Jesse Graves, Harold Miller, Dennis O'Keefe, Franklin Pangborn, Clarence Wilson, Marilyn Knowlden, Lenita Lane, Paul Porcasi, Barry Norton, Edgar Norton, Ronald R. Rondell, Gay Seabrook, Teru Shimada, Larry Steers, Libby Taylor, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Alma Tell, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Walter Walker, Dorothy Black, Alyce Ardell, Monya Andre, Edna Bowdoin, Daisy Bufford, Norma Drew, Paullyn Garner, Reverend Gregg, Sebie Hendricks, Stuart Johnston, Tiny Jones, Curry Lee, Bessie Lyle, Julius Molnar, Bert Moorhouse, Edmund Mortimer, Hayes Robinson, Ethel Sykes, Martin Turner, Bruce Warren, Hazel Washington
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