Imitation of Life (1959)
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Imitation Of Life-1959
19 years ago at Mar 20 7:23
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This movie includes a moving performance by Mahalia Jackson, who sings "Trouble Of The World" in the funeral scene.
A struggling young actress with a six-year-old daughter sets up housekeeping with a homeless black widow and her light-skinned eight-year-old daughter who rejects her mother by trying to pass for white.
Release date: 20 March 1959
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