Imitation of Life (1934)
THE DARING STORY OF MOTHER LOVE - On the Screen for the First Time!
111 min
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.
- Release date
- November 23, 1934
- Country of origin
- United States
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Trailer
Cast
- Claudette Colbert as Beatrice Pullman
- Louise Beavers as Delilah Johnson
- Warren William as Stephen Archer
- Rochelle Hudson as Jessie Pullman
- Ned Sparks as Elmer Smith
- Fredi Washington as Peola Johnson
- Juanita Quigley as Baby Jessie Pullman
- Alan Hale as Martin the Furniture Man
- Henry Armetta as The Painter
- Wyndham Standing as Jarvis the Butler
- Joyce Compton as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
- Noel Francis as Mrs. Eden (uncredited)
- Jane Withers as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
- Marcia Mae Jones as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
- Henry Kolker as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
- Hattie McDaniel as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
- William B. Davidson as Man Buying Cigar (uncredited)
- William Austin as Englishman at Party (uncredited)
- G.P. Huntley as James (uncredited)
- Tyler Brooke as Tipsy Man at Party (uncredited)
- Sayre Dearing as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Claire McDowell as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
- Jean Fenwick as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Dick Gordon as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Jesse Graves as Pallbearer (uncredited)
- Harold Miller as Party Guest (uncredited)
- David Newell as Party Guest Saying Goodbye (uncredited)
- Dennis O'Keefe as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Franklin Pangborn as Mr. Carven (uncredited)
- Clarence Wilson as Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)
Crew
- John M. Stahl · Director
- Fannie Hurst · Writer
- William Hurlbut · Writer
- Carl Laemmle Jr. · Producer
- Merritt B. Gerstad · Cinematographer
- Philip Cahn · Editor
- Maurice Wright · Editor