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Imitation of Life (1959)

Directed by Douglas Sirk · Cinematography by Russell Metty

Approved125 min63 frames

DramaRomance

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.

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