tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post6013812079525261978..comments2024-01-03T02:22:23.394-05:00Comments on Cinephiliaque: Imitation of Life (1959)MPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366182655374603950noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post-45607899818498059952013-04-18T07:11:59.217-04:002013-04-18T07:11:59.217-04:00Thanks for the recommendation Marie! I will have a...Thanks for the recommendation Marie! I will have a look at the 1934 version directed by John Dahl. For no apparent reason, I've seen a bunch of films based on African-Americans in American society.<br />For the stereotypes, it is quite obvious that back there it was the way that people acted. Happily, things have changed but those films are great witnesses of History and its faults.MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366182655374603950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post-83684720201634351282013-04-17T11:14:25.349-04:002013-04-17T11:14:25.349-04:00If you haven't seen the 1934 version of this s...If you haven't seen the 1934 version of this story starring Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers, I can recommend it. In that film, Claudette becomes a pancake mix tycoon using her maid's pancake recipe. The rest of the story is basically the same, I think. At any rate, despite its stereotypes, it is one of the very first studio films to give African-Americans their own emotional lives.marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.com