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Imitation of Life | USA | 1959 | 35mm | 125 min. Director: Douglas Sirk
Event Details
Date
Friday, July 31, 2015
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Juanita Moore
The staggering culmination of Douglas Sirk’s 1950s masterworks is at once a heartbreaking melodrama and searing social critique. Turner stars as an aspiring actress and single mother who hires on a black single mother (Moore) to keep house and tend to their two children while she pursues her career.
The staggering culmination of Douglas Sirk’s 1950s masterworks is at once a heartbreaking melodrama and searing social critique. Turner stars as an aspiring actress and single mother who hires on a black single mother (Moore) to keep house and tend to their two children while she pursues her career.
Cost
Free
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