Imitation of Life

1934

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 57 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 6266 6.3K

black and white housekeeper pancakes pre-code passing for white

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Plot summary

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.

Director

John M. Stahl Photo
John M. Stahl

Top cast

Martin Turner Photo
Martin Turner as Man at Funeral
Joyce Compton Photo
Joyce Compton as Young Woman at Party
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Photo
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Man at Funeral
Rochelle Hudson Photo
Rochelle Hudson as Jessie Pullman, Age 18
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
814.60 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 1
1.65 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Ethan S 8 / 10

A very unexpected film, having recently watched Claudette

A very unexpected film, having recently watched Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night from the same year, this is a complex and gripping drama of an entirely different sort from the Oscar-winning screwball comedy. Although race and representation in film is a fairly constant concern in modern filmmaking, it is interesting and indeed enlightening to see it dealt with in such a forthright manner (if not exactly nuanced by today's standards) at a time when Jim Crow and racial segregation were still part of daily life in the United States. The relationships between the mothers and daughters and particularly the exploration of Peola's plight as a woman of color who can pass for white are all noteworthy, and it helps that the movie is enjoyable to watch and the characters easy to become emotionally invested in.
Reviewed by Fong Kok Hoong F 7 / 10

An adaptation of Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of

An adaptation of Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same name about two single mothers endeavoring to build a pancake business and bringing up their contrary daughters, with one of them passing as white, is a brave piece of filmmaking at that time because of taboo subjects of miscegenation and interracial desires.
Reviewed by david f 7 / 10

Quite a moving film about America's racial problems

Quite a moving film about America's racial problems and the way they can tear families apart.
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