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                          Imitation of Life (1959)
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STARS...........: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner
DIRECTOR........: Douglas Sirk
WRITERS.........: Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott
GENRE...........: Drama
IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052918
RUNTIME.........: 2h 04mn
SIZE............: 6.77 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 7500 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1920x960
ASPECT RATIO....: 2.0:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO1..........: English AAC 1.0 192kbps
AUDIO2..........: Commentary with film historian Foster Hirsch
SUBTITLES.......: ENG, FRE, SPA
SOURCE..........: Universal Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2021-01-23


This glamorized remake of the 1934 film Imitation of Life bears only a passing resemblance to its source, the best-selling novel by Fannie Hurst. Originally, the heroine was a widowed mother who kept the wolf from the door by setting up a successful pancake business with her black housemaid. In the remake, Lana Turner stars as a would-be actress who is raising her daughter on her own. She chances to meet another single mother at the beach: African-American Juanita Moore. Moore goes to work as Turner's housekeeper, bringing her light-skinned daughter along. As Turner's stage career goes into high gear, Moore is saddled with the responsibility of raising both Turner's daughter and her own. Exposed to the advantages of the white world, Moore's grown-up daughter (Susan Kohner) passes for white, causing her mother a great deal of heartache. Meanwhile, Turner's grown daughter (Sandra Dee), neglected by her mother, seeks comfort in the arms of handsome photographer John Gavin. When Moore dies, her daughter realizes how selfish she's been; simultaneously, Turner awakens to the fact that she hasn't been much of a mother for her own daughter, whose romance has gone down the tubes.


Extras

• Lasting Legacy: An Imitation of Life 

• Theatrical Trailer

• Commentary with Film Historian Foster Hirsch