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Film of the Week: Imitation of Life

BBC One
on BBC One London

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

Lana Turner stars as an actress forced to weigh career against personal happiness in this adaptation of a best-selling novel by Fannie Hurst which is also concerned with one of America's foremost problems of today - the colour question.
This Week's Films: page 11

Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Fannie Hurst
Director:
Douglas Sirk
Lora Meredith:
Lana Turner
Steve Archer:
John Gavin
Susie (age 16):
Sandra Dee
David 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
Source: Radio Times

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