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Auction History Result d045 IMITATION OF LIFE linen half-sheet movie poster '59 Lana Turner, Dee Date Sold 4/15/2008Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 22" x 28") (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. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. The poster had creases and faint scuffs along both foldlines and some minor border defects. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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