

Imitation of Life
THE DARING STORY OF MOTHER LOVE - On the Screen for the First Time!
7.0(89)19341h 51m1
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.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- black and white
- housekeeper
- pancakes
- pre-code
- passing for white
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)23 Nov 1934
- Theatrical26 Nov 1934
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG23 Nov 1939
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1222 Nov 1935
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Imitation of Life was released on 23 November 1934.
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