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Auction History Result 3h036 IMITATION OF LIFE TC '59 art of sexy Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, from Fannie Hurst novel! Date Sold 7/12/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) Fannie Hurst's Imitation of Life, the classic 1959 Douglas Sirk racial romantic melodrama ("The color line won't stop me, Ma! I look, feel, think white... And I'm going to marry white!"; "I'll get the things I want out of life... One way - or another, From one man - or another!"; "You've given me everything a mother could but the thing I wanted most... Your love!"; "This fine emotional drama dares to uncover the unashamed yearnings of today's generation"; "There are two kinds of dreams... one can come true... There are two kinds of sex... one comes with love! There are two kinds of life... one is real!"; "Hear Earl Grant sing 'Imitation of Life'"; "Fannie Hurst's best-selling novel of today's tormented generation!"; written by Fannie Hurst and "Produced by Ross Hunter") starring Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy ("as David Edwards"), Susan Kohner (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film; as the teenage Sarah Jane, who is black, but is light-skinned enough that she can "pass for white"; actually, she was of Mexican and Czechoslovakian descent, and she made just a few more movies and then retired in 1964), Robert Alda, Juanita Moore (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Mahalia Jackson ("singing 'Trouble of the World'"), Troy Donahue, and Than Wyenn. Some people might disagree with my describing this movie as "classic", but I think it is hard to argue that this is one of the finest of its type of movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is a very interesting title card, because it is NOT the "regular" title card! What do we mean? The regular title card looks exactly the same except that the bottom center inset image shows Susan Kohner and Juanita Moore, and Kohner is saying "The color line won't stop me, Ma! I look, feel, think white... And I'm going to marry white!". The producers of the movie felt certain that Southern audiences would be offended by this, so they created this separate "Southern" title card (with "S" printer in the lower right corner), which gets rid of that inset image and replaces it with one with Sandra Dee and John Gavin! What a fascinating example of how much the United States has changed in the 55+ years since this movie was made! Condition: good. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back of the card! Learn More about condition grades 
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