It Should Happen to You, directed by George Cukor, was a popular success and Lemmon and Holliday were quickly teamed again in Phffft! Quinn was born April 21, 1915 in Mexico. Imitation of Life (1959) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Douglas Sirk Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Ross Hunter . Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers played the mothers, with Rochelle Hudson and Fredi Washington as their daughters. From sexual antics to social critique, Lemmon and Wilder sharpened their comic knives on the hypocrisies they saw in American culture. He has acted in everything from lightweight sex farces (How to Murder Your Wife, 1965) to musicals (My Sister Eileen, 1955) to social dramas (Days of Wine and Roses, 1962) to political thrillers (The China Syndrome, 1979). Oddly enough, in Viva Zapata! Her mother's appearance gets Sarah Jane fired, and she again runs from her, causing Annie to faint. From Broadway and early TV appearances to Hollywood, Lemmon moved West to make his screen debut in It Should Happen to You (1954), opposite Judy Holliday in a variation of her 'dumb blonde' persona that had won her an Oscar for Born Yesterday (1952). Mature for her age, Sandra's mother kept the lie going when she began her modeling career. Principal Cast: Lana Turner (Lora Meredith), John Gavin (Steve Archer), Sandra Dee (Susie, age 16), Juanita Moore (Annie Johnson), Susan Kohner (Sara Jane, age 18), Dan O'Herlihy (David Edwards), Robert Alda (Allen Loomis). "Imitation of Life" is Douglas Sirk's last melodrama with an engaging and emotional story with romance, ambition, friendship, love and rejection. If some producer with a hand as cold as a toad wants to do a painting of you in the nude, you'll accommodate him for a very small part." By Lang Thompson. -- Bosley Crowther, The New York The sometimes cynical comic sense of director Billy Wilder provided Lemmon with the perfect complement. Thanks to its provocative themes, the novel was a huge success. It covers Natalie Wood's life from about age 4 to her death at age 43, and the investigations into her death since then. The drama of Annie that is rejected by her daughter, in a time when color of people was a watershed, is heartbreaking and the best subplot. The rest of his career might be summed up by the year 1991 when he gathered critical acclaim for his appearance in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever, was nominated for a Razzie as Worst Actor in Mobsters, co-starred with Bo Derek in Ghosts Can't Do It, worked beside John Candy and Macaulay Culkin in Chris Columbus' Only the Lonely and made a film so obscure it appears to have never appeared on video. Lemmon plays her levelheaded boyfriend but finds himself on the sidelines when the suave and sophisticated Peter Lawford appears on the scene. In New York, the film premiered at the Roxy, the same theatre at which the 1934 version had opened. All in the Family was an American version of the British sitcom Till Death Do Us Part that met some initial resistance (ABC rejected the first two pilots) but quickly captivated American audiences and became the country's top-rated TV show. The opening and closing cast credits vary in order. "When passed before the moviegoer's eyes, it may force theatre owners to The closer he gets to his goal, the clearer it becomes that a government conspiracy is behind his son's disappearance. personality drama that's both an irresistible women's Admission to each screening is $7 . The following year came was a Best Actor nomination for George Cukor's Wild Is the Wind (1957). But she was deeply in debt, and she needed to work. But in Quinn's case, it's all true. He continued to sculpt and paint for the rest of his life while also becoming a noted art collector. The funeral scene hit a little too close to home for Turner. Two years later legendary editor William Shawn hired Kael as film critic for The New Yorker, completing her jump into the limelight. Her mix of personal feelings with more abstract aesthetics inspired numerous other critics (sometimes called "Paulettes") and in a few cases even made big hits of movies like Bonnie and Clyde (1967). As Ensign Pulver, a deckhand who avoids work whenever possible, Lemmon won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar®. It also reshaped her image to reflect the public's perception of her as a glamorous sex symbol who was a victim of her own success. Lora and Susie gently lead her into the hearse, where they reassure her that she did not cause her mother's death. The other notorious controversy occured in 1971 with her essay "Raising Kane" which was intended to show that screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz deserved as much if not more credit for Citizen Kane (1941) than Orson Welles. As Steve looks on, the three women join hands in a gesture of comfort and love. Editor: Milton Carruth In It Should Happen to You, Holliday plays a struggling actress who soon wins fast fame as the product of promotion. She was born Alexandra Cymboliak Zuck on April 23, ( ) ( : ampas) . SAM STAGGS is the author of four books, including three In 1979, Kael made a detour to Hollywood by the urging of Warren Beatty. Best Drama. As some form of compensation, her on-screen billing reads "presenting Juanita Moore as Annie Johnson," but that credit didn't make it into the film's advertising. His parents were involved in Pancho Villa's revolutionary struggle and must have made a striking couple since the father was half Irish and mother Mexican Indian. The plot formula would not have stood up in today's era of integration when a Negro who owned half a successful corporation could buy her own home in any area that pleased her." Though The Apartment was a comic success, with each passing year the film's serious side seems even more dark and derisive. As he did throughout his career, Quinn rarely hesitated to take work whereever he found it, which resulted in dozens of potboilers like Seven Cities of Gold (1955) but also a few cult favorites like Budd Boetticher's The Magnificent Matador (1955). "Imitation Of Life" was released 53 years ago today, on April 17th, 1959 and below, you'll find five pieces of information that even the biggest Sirk fans might not be aware of. producer Music by Cinematography by Russell Metty . The result was the story of two mothers, businesswoman Bea and housekeeper Delilah, who find success with a chain of waffle restaurants using Bea's business skills and Delilah's recipes. He died in Lugano, Switzerland January 14, 1987. Fannie Hurst's novel, Imitation of Life (1933), was the story of two single mothers, one white and one black, who join forces and become successful businesswomen. TCM REMEMBERS JACK LEMMON 1925-2001 By the dawn of the '60s, Sandra Dee mania ruled the movie fanzines worldwide. Ross Hunter wanted to update the story, making the leading character an actress instead of a businesswoman, but keeping the race issue and the conflicts between mothers and daughters. Quinn continued in film parts that gathered acclaim: Crazy Horse in They Died With Their Boots On (1941), a gambler in The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), a soldier in Guadalcanal Diary (1943). For a brief, quicksilver period of the early '60s, Sandra Dee was the quintessential sweet, perky, All-American girl, and films such as Gidget and Tammy Tell Me True only reinforced the image that young audiences identified with on the screen. Lemmon entered the world in a completely novel fashion; he was born prematurely in an elevator in Boston in 1925. Quinn again won Best Supporting Actor playing painter Paul Gauguin Lust for Life (1956) which at the time was the shortest on-screen time to win an acting Oscar. ), Released in United States March 1997 (Shown at London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival March 13-27, 1997. As Mahalia Jackson started singing, she lost control and fled to her trailer in tears. That same year, much to the delight of her fans, she resurfaced briefly when she starred in a stage production of Love Letters at the Beverly Hill's Canon Theatre with her friend and former co-star, John Saxon. The film was a major box office success. On February 2, 1959, Hollywood Reporter reprinted the following wire sent by LA Tribune editor Almena Lomac to numerous white publications: "Imitation of Lifeis a libel on the Negro race. At around 8 a.m., Wood's body was found about a mile south of the couple's yacht, off an isolated cove known as Blue Cavern Point. A modern source reported that Sirk had read the novel before directing this film, but had not seen the 1934 film. But there was a serious side too. Is it true? "Imitation of Life crosses a succession of emotional bridges, hitting It features Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, and Freddie Wa. 1944 (conflicting sources give 1942, but the actual birth year has been verified by the family) in Bayonne, New Jersey. Universal borrowed costume designer Jean Louis from Columbia for the film. She was all I had." Imitation of Life was the last collaboration for producer Ross Hunter and director Douglas Sirk, who previously had teamed for such hit melodramas as Magnificent Obsession (1954) and All That Heaven Allows (1955). In April of 1958, Lana Turner's teenage daughter Cheryl Crane stabbed Lana's mobster lover, Johnny Stompanato, to death. By Cino Niles & Jeff Stafford Back home, Annie tells Lora, who has just returned from Europe, that she will no longer interfere in her daughter's life, adding that she does hope to help her wayward daughter somehow. In the background of her public rise to fame, Wood survived some of the worst situations life could throw at someone, just to mysteriously drown in a still-unsolved incident at only 43 years old. (The idea for the book was born when Hurst traveled with black author Zora Neale Hurston and encountered racism, although the story was not remotely based on either of their lives.) It was appraised at $1 million. In Cowboy (1958), Lemmon plays a city slicker venturing out on the wild frontier. Meredith. He was afraid playing a violent racist would damage Donahue's career. (1952) provided him a wonderful role which he used to win a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. Imitation of Life Premiere 1959 historycomestolife 55.3K subscribers Subscribe 128 Share Save 16K views 9 years ago Gala Opening with John Gavin, John Saxon, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Lana. Soon afterward, Steve, who has just been hired to promote a brand of beer, proposes to Lora, but she turns him down, saying that even though she loves him, marriage would prevent her from steadfastly pursuing a life in the theater. This picture, Douglas Sirk's last feature, was a remake of the 1934 Universal film of the same title directed by John M. Stahl and starring Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40). Director and comic star went on to make five more films: Irma la Douce (1963), The Fortune Cookie (1966), Avanti! Fannie Hurst's novel, Imitation of Life (1933), was the story of two single mothers, one white and one black, who join forces and become successful businesswomen. Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020) | Official Trailer | HBO HBO 2.7M subscribers Subscribe 2.1K Share 298K views 2 years ago The greatest roles of her life were behind the scenes.. The characters lived together, loved one another and faced tragedy through their respective daughters. The Apartment (1960) focused on a working stiff who lends his home to his supervisors for their extramarital affairs. 8. takes on the classic 1959 Douglas Sirk film starring She had her named changed to Sandra Dee (a stage name combining her shortened first name and using her stepfather's surname initial D to sign Music: Frank Skinner The gritty crime drama Across 110th Street (1972) is one of the best American movies of its decade, enhanced by Quinn's turn as an embattled police captain. TCM REMEMBERS CARROLL O'CONNOR 1924-2001 Released in United States March 1977 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Double Vision-Two different classics made from the same story) March 9-27, 1977. Dr. Joseph Choi, a deputy medical examiner at . She wrote for several small publications and did a radio show on the groundbreaking network KPFA before finally landing a job at the high-profile McCall's only to be fired shortly after she panned The Sound of Music (1965) (which she called The Sound of Money). Miss Lora, I killed my mother." Based on the novel by Fannie Hurst vouchers) and made her film debut in Until They Sail (1957), starring Joan Fontaine, John Gavin. It was Wright in fact who suggested the possibility of acting to Quinn and even paid for an operation to cure a speech impediment. By the time she was 10, she was one of the top child models in the country, and by age 13, she met producer Ross Hunter, who signed her to a seven-year contract for Universal. Thanks to its provocative themes, the novel was a huge success. He also had a reputation for pampering his female stars. From sexual antics to social critique, Lemmon and Wilder sharpened their comic knives on the hypocrisies they saw in American culture. Note: This Imitation of Life trivia and all movie trivia on notstarring.com is submitted and reviewed by movie fans from around the world. "I'm sorry, Mama. The same year Imitation of Life hit movie theatres and became a best seller all over again, the book's inspiration, Zora Neale Hurston, died forgotten and penniless in Florida. quite credible and moving." (1972), The Front Page (1974) and Buddy Buddy (1981). (It also produced one of TV's oddest spinoffs in1994's 704 Hauser about a multi-racial family living in Archie Bunker's old house. with surviving cast members, and superb storytelling His parents were involved in Pancho Villa's revolutionary struggle and must have made a striking couple since the father was half Irish and mother Mexican Indian. (The idea for the book was born when Hurst traveled with black author Zora Neale Hurston and encountered racism, although the story was not remotely based on either of their lives.) Actor who got the part: Sandra Dee. by Frank Miller, Imitation of Life is one of only two dramatic films to feature gospel legend Mahalia Jackson. After Lana Turner's success in Peyton Place (1957), which pointed to a new career for her as the star of big-screen soap operas, she was Universal's only choice for the female lead. She also thought the plot about a single mother who discovers her teenaged daughter and she are in love with the same man was a little too close to the rumors about a romantic triangle involving herself, her daughter and Stompanato. Fiehn, Anne/Lailach, Christian (Redaktion) Katalog der 69. His first was Man Afraid (1957) but Donahue also made brief TV appearances at the time on shows like Wagon Train. Although the killing was ruled justifiable homicide because Cheryl was defending her mother, the scandal rocked Hollywood, and many people thought Lana's film career was over. If a novelist had invented a character like Quinn, she would be accused of unbelievable invention. In 1988, O'Connor took the role of a Southern sheriff in a TV series based on the movie In the Heat of the Night and found himself in another hit, this one lasting until 1995. Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Richard H. Riedel install aisle scuppers to drain off the tears." -- Turner refusing a marriage proposal from Gavin, as Steve Archer. gowns by Jean Louis, garish Technicolor, irony, Oscar®-nominated By Lang Thompson The two mothers are now alone in the house. Donahue was actually Merle Johnson Jr, born in New York City on Jan 27, 1936. After Quinn's birth, the family soon moved to East Los Angeles (after a quick Texas detour) where Quinn grew up in the shadow of Hollywood. White! TIL that everyone wears Crocs in the 2006 movie Idiocracy because the costume designer had a limited shoe budget, and thought the cheap plastic shoes made by the then startup company were futuristic yet too stupid looking to ever become popular in real life Quinn was a pope in The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), an Islamic leader in The Message (1976), a thinly disguised Aristotle Onassis in The Greek Tycoon (1978) and an assortment of gangsters, con men, military leaders and what have you. At the same time, her African-American housekeeper finds herself rejected by her light-skinned daughter who wants to pass for white. Those issues also brought Hurst an impressive amount of fan mail thanking her for her depiction of the African-American characters. -- Robert Alda, as Allen Loomis, explaining the business to Turner, as Lora. Illicit love and the corruption of big business might not seem to be the stuff of hit comedies, but Wilder and Lemmon found humor in the most unlikeliest of places. by Frank Miller, Made for $2 million, Imitation of Life grossed $6.4 million during its At the age of 11 he won a sculpture award and shortly after began studying architecture under Frank Lloyd Wright. "Oh, Mama, stop acting. director Sirk's masterpiece. She even arranged a special advance screening for the girl so she could get her tears out of the way with the first screening and look her best for the critics at the premiere. Before graduating, he followed his brother to another college in Ireland (he would later get a Masters in speech from Montana). But that's just one of many incidents in a life that can only be described as colorful. Towards the end of that decade he appeared in Nicholas Ray's The Savage Innocents (1959) as an Eskimo, inspiring Bob Dylan to write "Quinn the Eskimo" (a Top Ten hit for Manfred Mann in 1968). AWARDS & HONORS His first film was Parrish (1961) though he eventually acted in over a dozen films during the Sixties including Cleopatra (1963), Marlowe (1969), Hawaii (1966) and Point Blank (1967). Onscreen, Lemmon's characters often found that they were the wrong men for their jobs. The closer he gets to his goal, the clearer it becomes that a government conspiracy is behind his son's disappearance. Todd Haynes' Far from Heaven (2002), starring Julianne Moore, is a pastiche of scenes and themes from Sirk's films. It has Although by no means a classic, her role as woman falling pray to a warlock (Dean Stockwell) who sexually and psychologically dominates her in the The Dunwich Horror (1970), was nothing short of startling. But beneath that comedian's facade, the actor had a very serious side, which occasionally surfaced in such films as Days of Wine and Roses (1962) or Costa-Gavras' political thriller Missing (1982). Instead of accepting her offer, they made Imitation of Life their major offering for spring 1933. Why IMITATION OF LIFE is Essential scene has white Troy Donahue brutally beating date Kohner, who he has learned Quinn also appeared on stage in 1936 playing opposite Mae West. Kael was born June 19, 1919 in Petaluma, California but moved with her family to San Francisco during her teens. Turner Classic Movies cherishes the memory of this remarkable talent. Among the directors citing Sirk as an influence on their own work are John Waters and the late Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Onscreen, Lemmon's characters often found that they were the wrong men for their jobs. -- Moore's deathbed confession. Turner agreed, and the film succeeded beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Together they made seven films, but it was their first, Some Like It Hot (1959), that captured the sheer comic genius of their collaborations together. Her next film, The Reluctant Debutante, a bubbly romantic comedy with Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall and John Saxon, proved Dee to be adept in light comedy. But she was deeply in debt, and she needed to work. initial U.S. release, placing number five on the year's list of top box-office everything: mother love, musical numbers, backstage intrigue, race relations, lamentable soap opera/"women's picture"/"problem" picture.The most honest By Lang Thompson Natalie Wood would have been 75 today. (It also produced one of TV's oddest spinoffs in1994's 704 Hauser about a multi-racial family living in Archie Bunker's old house. The '70s actually saw Dee improve as an actress. -- Lypsinka, "My Favorite (Kohner was like a sexier, less delicate, even more on-the-edge Natalie Wood. Two mothers discover that success is not necessarily the key to happiness, particularly when it comes between mother and child. (Director Elia Kazan tried to start a rivalry between the two actors but they were great admirers of each other.) Her few films of that period : "My camera could easily have a love affair with you." Produced - inevitably - by Ross Hunter. Hurst wasn't happy with the book, but after a year of writing, she couldn't afford to turn down an offer of $45,000 for the rights to serialize it in Pictorial Review under the title Sugar House. Born as Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko on July 20, 1938 in San Francisco to Russian immigrant dad and mom, she was an American actress. The son of a doughnut manufacturer, Lemmon later attended Harvard University but was bitten by the acting bug and left the prestigious college for Broadway. Quinn was born April 21, 1915 in Mexico. His romantic visions of the West are soon changed by the hard-living, hard-drinking reality. Director Douglas Sirk Writers Eleanore Griffin Allan Scott Fannie Hurst Stars Lana Turner John Gavin Sandra Dee See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video rent/buy from $3.99 More watch options Oddly enough, in Viva Zapata! In this part, take pleasure in our galleria of Natalie Wood near-nude photos as nicely. Although the killing was ruled justifiable homicide because Cheryl was defending her mother, the scandal rocked Hollywood, and many people thought Lana's film career was over. Quinn's acting debut was in 1936 initially in a handful of barely noticable spots as an extra until he landed a speaking role in Cecil B. DeMille's The Plainsman, supposedly on the recommendation of the film's star, Gary Cooper. African-American actress Juanita Moore ANTHONY QUINN, 1915-2001 Both Kohner and Moore won Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Actress. Director Douglas Sirk's last film; he returned to the theater in Europe. degree of emotion that virtually dissolved the audience watching the film with A demographic study of the film audience in 1960 surprised executives by revealing that 30 percent of the audience for movies was African-American. Director: Douglas Sirk Hunter offered a first-class production, with Jean Louis gowns and Laykin et Cie jewels, the leading women's director, Douglas Sirk, and a chance to make a lot of money, if Lana would work for a small salary plus half the net profits. Screenplay: Eleanor Griffin, Allan Scott Born in New York on August 2nd, 1924, O'Connor served in the merchant marine during World War II before attending the University of Montana where he worked on the school newspaper. The series lasted until 1979 and brought O'Connor four Emmys, even leading to a four-year spinoff Archie Bunker's Place starring O'Connor. In the early Sixties she engaged in an infamous and surprisingly bitter debate with critic Andrew Sarris among others about the merits of auteurism, the French-born philosophy that believes the director is the chief creative person behind any film. O'Connor even auditioned for the part of the Skipper in the TV series, Gilligan's Island, but it was his role as Archie Bunker in a 1971 sitcom that made him a star. Donahue's career declined as the Sixties became more turbulent but he still made notable appearances in The Godfather Part II (1974), playing a character with Donahue's own real name, and Monte Hellman's Cockfighter (1974). After frantically searching for her lost daughter Susie at Coney Island, an attractive widow named Lora Meredith finds her playing with Sarah Jane, a light-skinned black girl. Fannie Hurst's novel, Imitation of Life, was the story of two single mothers, one white and one black, who join forces and become successful businesswomen. Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner were both nominated for Best Supporting Actress Oscars for their searing portrayals of the African-American mother and daughter. Hollywood Reporter noted that in the novel on which the film is based, and in the 1934 film adaptation, the character played by Lana Turner "combined her business acumen with a recipe for pancakes invented by a Negro woman and reaped a fortune. But beneath that comedian's facade, the actor had a very serious side, which occasionally surfaced in such films as Days of Wine and Roses (1962) or Costa-Gavras' political thriller Missing (1982). Imitation of Life. Bea's daughter, Jessie, becomes her romantic rival, while Delilah's light-skinned daughter, Peola, rejects her mother and attempts to pass for white. The novel was a huge success and it was made into a film in 1934, starring Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers, directed by John Stahl. By Lang Thompson Join 15 other subscribers Yet despite her competency as actress, her career never regained its footing, and she appeared in only a few television movies later on: The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972), Fantasy Island (1977). She had been in 52 films and a star since she was 7. CIP-Kurztitelaufnahme in der Deutschen Bibliothek. O'Connor even auditioned for the part of the Skipper in the TV series, Gilligan's Island, but it was his role as Archie Bunker in a 1971 sitcom that made him a star. Imitation of Life received Photoplay magazine's Laurel Award for While developing the re-make, Hunter took Fannie Hurst to lunch and asked for her ideas about updating the story. daughter in the 1950s. In a passionate and witty behind-the-scenes expose, Sam The turning point came in 1965 when I Lost It at the Movies not only attracted major critical attention but became a strong seller in book stores. No clothes, no sex. Several collections of her work are available, most with mildly risque titles like I Lost It at the Movies, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Going Steady. Juanita Moore's Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress was such a surprise the studio didn't even have a biography on hand to distribute to the press. Two other popular releases in 1959, Gidget and A Summer Place, would make her a star and contribute to Imitation of Life's box office success. Natalie Wood was 42 when she died. C-125m. Email Subscription. It had no cast members from the earlier series and only lasted six episodes.) While Lora is filming in Italy, Steve looks after Susie, and the eager teenager soon falls in love with him. He had just completed the title role in Avenging Angelo (with Sylvester Stallone) at the time of his death. and Susan Kohner their respective daughters, caught up Just then, Loomis offers her a role in a new comedy by well-known writer David Edwards, but Steve forbids her to visit Loomis, prompting her to accuse him of settling for less in his own career. Hunter insisted on maintaining a lavish production, despite a tight budget. To keep the budget under control, Turner agreed to lower her fee in return for half of the film's profits. "Fine performances and direction overcome possible soapiness to make this Back home, she sobs in frustration while Annie attempts to comfort and encourage her.

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