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Hollywood Star Parade: Imitation of Life

on BBC Two England

Starring Lana Turner, John Gavin
with Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda, Juanita Moore

A young widow comes to New York determined to make a career on Broadway.
The glamorous Lana Turner stars as the actress forced to weigh career against personal happiness in the adaptation of a best-selling novel which is also concerned with one of America's foremost problems of today - the colour question.
It's a remake of the 1930s version with Claudette Colbert, Warren Williams and Louise Beavers, and started life as a novel by Fannie Hurst.
(This Week's Films: page 9)

Contributors

Based on a novel by:
Fannie Hurst
Director:
Douglas Sirk
Lora Meredith:
Lana Turner
Steve Archer:
John Gavin
Susie (age 16):
Sandra Dee
Davis Edwards:
Dan O'Herlihy
Sarah Jane (age 18):
Susan Kohner
Allen Loomis:
Robert Alda
Annie Johnson:
Juanita Moore
Susie (age 6):
Terry Burnham
Herself:
Mahalia Jackson
Sarah Jane (age 8):
Karin Dicker

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