Imitation of Life

November. 26,1934

Rating：

7.5

Genre：

Drama Romance

Keywords：

Pre-code Housekeeper Passing For White

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Claudette Colbert as Beatrice 'Bea' Pullman

Warren William as Stephen 'Steve' Archer

Rochelle Hudson as Jessie Pullman, Age 18

Ned Sparks as Elmer Smith

Louise Beavers as Delilah Johnson

Fredi Washington as Peola Johnson, Age 19

Juanita Quigley as Baby Jessie Pullman, Age 3

Alan Hale as Martin the Furniture Man

Henry Armetta as The Painter

Wyndham Standing as Beatrice's Butler Jarvis

Similar titles

Prime Video

The Most Dangerous Game

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.

See Detail

The Most Dangerous Game 1932

Frankenstein

Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his creation's violent rage as the monster awakens to a world in which he is unwelcome.

See Detail

Frankenstein 1931

42nd Street

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

See Detail

42nd Street 1933

Duck Soup

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

See Detail

Duck Soup 1933

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

See Detail

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931

Island of Lost Souls

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

See Detail

Island of Lost Souls 1932

Mon Oncle

Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.

See Detail

Mon Oncle 1958

Wharf Angel

On the wharfs of San Francisco, saloon girl Toy, also known as Mary, lives over Mother Bright's bar. When Como Murphy, a fugitive from the law, hides in her room, she falls in love with him. He explains that after he spoke out about the rights of man to a crowd, a riot ensued, during which a policeman was killed. Como took the gun from the killer, but is thought to be guilty of the crime himself. Como, who reciprocates Mary's love, spends the night with her, but leaves to keep her out of danger. He joins the crew of a ship sailing to China after he is befriended by Turk, a big lumbering sailor who is also in love with Mary. Each man is unaware that they love the same woman.

See Detail

Wharf Angel 1934

The Remains of the Day

A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

See Detail

The Remains of the Day 1993