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Imitation of Life: The Criterion Collection (1934)

Monday 23rd January 2023

The first adaptation of Fannie Hurst's best-selling novel, Imitation of Life, the devastating, enduringly and relevant story of mothers and daughters is given Criterion treatment and released on Blu-ray 27th February 2023 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Louise Beavers, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Fredi Washington
John M. Stahl
Carl Laemmle Jr
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
1 hour 50 minutes
27/02/2023
March 10 2024 10:13:50
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Melodrama master John M. Stahl (Magnificent Obsession) brings his exquisite restraint and almost spiritually pure visual style to this devastating, enduringly relevant story of mothers and daughters.

Imitation of Life explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one (Claudette colbert; It Happened One Night) a working class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, the other (Louise beavers; Beulah) her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter (Fredi washington; One Mile from Heaven).

It is this latter relationship-attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington-that lends the film its transcendent emotional power.

This first adaptation of Fannie Hurst's best-selling novel boldly confronts the complexities and contradictions of racial identity, economic exploitation, and the limits of the American dream.

Imitation of Life is given the Criterion treatment and released on Blu-ray 27th February 2023 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

  • 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • New interview with Miriam J. Petty, author of Stealing the Show: African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s Hollywood, about the resonance of Louise Beavers's and Fredi Washington's performances
  • New interview with Imogen Sara Smith, contributor to The Call of the Heart: John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama, about director John M. Stahl and his work with actor Claudette Colbert and others
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • An essay by Petty

Please note - Disc special features are subject to change, may differ from format to format and/or may differ from region to region.

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