Imitation of Life (1934)





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.


Books with substantial mentioning of Imitation of Life

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Books with an entry on Imitation of Life

Larry Langman and David Ebner
Hollywood's Image of the South, A Century of Southern Films
Westport, Connecticut - London, 2001

Articles on Imitation of Life

Matias PiƱeiro, Tower of Strength, in: Filmcomment, nr. 2 (March/April), 2016 pp. 8