# Imitation of Life (1959)

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**Runtime**: 125 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Douglas Sirk
**Written by**: Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott
**Starring**: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Juanita Moore, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda

> *Fannie Hurst's best selling novel of today's tormented generation!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A melodrama about the American dream and its fine print shares a dressing room with a motherless girl. The widow’s stage ambitions collide with the maid’s quiet fight to build a life for her light-skinned daughter. It ends where many happy endings begin.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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