- -- Bosley Crowther, The New York 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. by Frank Miller, Made for $2 million, Imitation of Life grossed $6.4 million during its Note: This Imitation of Life trivia and all movie trivia on notstarring.com is submitted and reviewed by movie fans from around the world. His romantic visions of the West are soon changed by the hard-living, hard-drinking reality. He combined elements of screwball and slapstick comedy with his own self-deprecating humor to create satiric portraits of the contemporary American male. Pauline Kael, who died September 3rd at the age of 82, was one of the handful of film critics who made a noticable impact on the way we view movies. The characters lived together, loved one another and faced tragedy through their respective daughters. According to August 1958 Hollywood Reporter news items, portions of the picture were shot at the Warner Bros. studio, the Methodist Church in Hollywood, CA, and at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Los Angeles. Things." By Lang Thompson Imitation of Life (1959) Trivia Showing all 35 items As Mahalia Jackson started singing at the funeral, Lana Turner lost control and fled to her trailer in tears. He lives in Dallas, Texas. Most of Donahue's later films were direct-to-video efforts like Nudity Required and Omega Cop but trash aesthete John Waters, a huge fan, used him for Cry-Baby (1990). Very few actors today can match Lemmon's range on the screen. degree of emotion that virtually dissolved the audience watching the film with White! It was a trip to Italy that brought Quinn one of his most acclaimed roles: a simple-minded circus strongman in Federico Fellini's La Strada (1954). Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. According to Daily Variety, Universal encountered some resistance to the promotion of the film and tailored its advertising campaign for the South, where, a studio representative said, "white southerners avoid films that are advertised as dealing with the race problem." No clothes, no sex. 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. daughter in the 1950s. As Mahalia Jackson started singing, she lost control and fled to her trailer in tears. He continued to sculpt and paint for the rest of his life while also becoming a noted art collector. But she was deeply in debt, and she needed to work. Imitation of Life 1959: Lana Turner Classic Mother Love Tearjerker 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. Screenplay: Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott, based on the novel by Fannie Hurst Imitation of Life (2021) - IMDb Cast & crew IMDbPro All topics Imitation of Life 2021 1h 43m YOUR RATING Rate Drama Add a plot in your language Director Nolbert Brown Jr. It was in Ireland that O'Connor started acting in several local productions. But there was a serious side too. The two mothers are now alone in the house. 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. of personal and professional ruin starred as Lora Actress Karen Dicker's name is misspelled as "Karin" in the onscreen credits. Life.com unearthed these gems, which show her relaxing poolside at her first home and entertaining a few guests (including an impossibly young Dennis Hopper) in style.I highly recommend a trip over to Life.com to see their other images of Natalie Wood, along with . Lemmon plays her levelheaded boyfriend but finds himself on the sidelines when the suave and sophisticated Peter Lawford appears on the scene. 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. "Oh, Mama, stop acting. Not many actors can boast that they've inspired a Bob Dylan song but Anthony Quinn - who passed away June 3rd at the age of 86 - was one of the select few. They lost to Shelley Winters in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). 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). According to a April 3, 1959 Hollywood Reporter news item, Turner contracted for a five percent participation in the film's profits. A demographic study of the film audience in 1960 surprised executives by revealing that 30 percent of the audience for movies was African-American. ( ) ( : ampas) . You name it, it's got it!" In 1979, Kael made a detour to Hollywood by the urging of Warren Beatty. She Was Terrified Of Water. Sirk had given Donahue a small role in The Tarnished Angels (1958), but when he offered him the role of the fraternity boy who discovers girlfriend Kohner is black and beats her up, Willson almost turned down the role. 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. She also had a limousine and driver at her disposal. Compiled by Frank Miller, Popular novelist Fannie Hurst got the idea for Imitation of Life during a road trip to Canada with African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston during which she saw first-hand the depth of racial prejudice. 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). Quinn also appeared on stage in 1936 playing opposite Mae West. For the next ten years, Lora stars in one hit David Edwards play after another. 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). They eventually married and she gave birth to a son, Dodd Mitchell Darin in 1961. Leading man John Gavin was being groomed for stardom at Universal, where he was seen as a younger version of Rock Hudson. Imitation of Life (1959) - IMDb It was Wright in fact who suggested the possibility of acting to Quinn and even paid for an operation to cure a speech impediment. 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. Turner Classic Movies cherishes the memory of this remarkable talent. He also occasionally played Helen Hunt's father on Mad About You. 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. From poverty and childhood accidents to brutal abuse and depressive episodes, here are some heartbreaking details about Natalie Wood's life. But she was deeply in debt, and she needed to work. In 2018, "48 Hours" first reported that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department had talked for the first . Billy Wilder and Lemmon's lifelong comic foil Walter Matthau (nine collaborations with Lemmon in 32 years, including their most popular film, The Odd Couple, 1968) brought some of the comedian's finest funny moments to the screen. Natalie Wood: Death in Dark Water 43:00 [This story previously aired on July 4, 2020.] 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). Of the change in plot, Variety commented about the 1959 film, "While this device lends more scope, it also results in the over-done busy actress-neglected daughter conflict, and thus the secondary plot of a fair-skinned Negress passing as white becomes the film's primary force." Steve, now a company vice-president, learns that Sarah Jane is working as a chorus girl in Los Angeles, and Annie, convinced she is dying, flies to California for one last look at her daughter. Letterboxed. Music: Frank Skinner 8. 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. "All the kids talking behind my back! Katalog 69. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner were both nominated for Best Supporting Actress Oscars for their searing portrayals of the African-American mother and daughter. November 30, 1981. ), Released in United States July 1999 (Shown in New York City (Film Forum) as part of program "Universal Sirk" July 9-22, 1999.). 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. Letterboxed. Meanwhile, Sarah Jane tells Susie that she secretly has been seeing her white boyfriend, and that she would rather die than be considered black. It was made into a film in 1934, starring Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers, directed by John Stahl. Cinematography: Russell Metty A year after the film came out, Brazilian television presented a telenovella based on the book. SAM STAGGS is the author of four books, including three Why Natalie Wood's Daughter Is Confronting Robert Wagner About Wood's (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.) 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. Music: Frank Skinner Katalog Catalogue. Turner agreed, and the film succeeded beyond anyone's wildest dreams. By Lang Thompson Kael's anti-intellectual streak came forward but since auteurism wasn't meant to be a genuinely rigorous theory (such attempts came later in the 70s) this was a sort of Brer Rabbit vs. tar baby fight that Kael could never win. 40 years later, the mystery over Natalie Wood's death endures Directors Michael Anderson Vincente Minnelli Writers Rosamond Marshall Robert Thom Stars Robert Wagner Natalie Wood Susan Kohner Landmarks, Breakthroughs and Milestones in Black Film History, a five-week series, will run through March 14 at Film Forum 2, 209 West Houston Street, Manhattan. Two mothers discover that success is not necessarily the key to happiness, particularly when it comes between mother and child. Drama Music Romance In rural Texas, Salome, pregnant with Chad's baby, runs away from home and marries wealthy Yale student Tony but, years later, runs into Chad, now a successful musician in New York. to condemn, oppose and picket it, too." Not only was there a music system in her dressing room, but Hunter even hired somebody to operate it for her. All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) - IMDb Email Subscription. "Miss Turner and the others act unreally and elaborately[They] do not A key role in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) only confirmed his talents while he again earned a Best Actor nomination for the unforgettable lead role in Zorba the Greek (1964). 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. is black." Imitation of Life. Based on the novel by Fannie Hurst Her deal for half the profits kept her financially comfortable for the rest of her life, particularly after fifth husband Fred May invested much of the money in real estate. By the late `60s, as "youth culture" movies became more confrontational and less frivolous with references to open sexuality and drugs in the American landscape, Dee's career began to peter out. Quinn was born April 21, 1915 in Mexico. Todd Haynes' Far from Heaven (2002), starring Julianne Moore, is a pastiche of scenes and themes from Sirk's films. She was meant to be an "executive consultant" at Paramount but actually making movies is quite a different matter than writing about them so Kael lasted only five months. Imitation of Life (2021) - IMDb Authorities classified her death as an accident, concluding the 43-year-old star of "West Side Story," who. every film fan. Waters featured references to the film in both Female Trouble (1974) and Desperate Living (1977). During this period she was also managing and programming Berkeley Cinema Guild Theatres (one of the country's earliest repertoire cinemas despite being basically small rooms above a laundry), and was briefly married to avant-garde filmmaker James Broughton. It has lamentable soap opera/"women's picture"/"problem" picture.The most honest He continued the same mix of classics and best-forgotten quickies throughout the 1960s and '70s. Thanks to its provocative themes, the novel was a huge success. She continued to make a name for herself in. 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). Natalie Wood was producer Ray Stark's first choice for the starring role, but he changed his mind after reading the script and instead offered the . The idea for remaking Imitation of Life came up in 1956, when Hunter was looking for a follow-up to All That Heaven Allows (1955), a hit romance co-starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in the romance of an older woman and younger man. Lana Turner was back on top, and a rich woman as well. When Sarah Jane runs from Annie, her distressed mother turns to Lora and asks, "How do you explain to your child that she was born to be hurt?" Imitation of Life (1959) - Trivia - IMDb wayward daughter. But it was the 1950s when Quinn broke out. For Lana Turner, that hit a little too close to home, and she hesitated. At a suburban theatre in the Philadelphia area, the manager stood in the lobby at the film's end with a box of Kleenex for sobbing patrons. Director: Douglas Sirk Producer: Ross Hunter Mama, I love you. He died in Lugano, Switzerland January 14, 1987. Maria seemed to be very . "Sarah Jane is your child?" She went back to The New Yorker, eventually retiring in 1991 partly as a result of Parkinson's Syndrome. If a novelist had invented a character like Quinn, she would be accused of unbelievable invention. Director: Douglas Sirk Quinn also appeared on stage in 1936 playing opposite Mae West. 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. As Ensign Pulver, a deckhand who avoids work whenever possible, Lemmon won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar®. A year later, Lemmon hit the major leagues when he supported Hollywood heavyweights Henry Fonda, James Cagney and William Powell in Mister Roberts (1955). TCM REMEMBERS CARROLL O'CONNOR 1924-2001 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 . Only producer Ross Hunter was consistently delivering solid box office returns. An aspiring white actress takes in an African-American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white. 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). Natalie Zacharenko (later Natasha Gurdin) was born of Russian immigrants. Lemmon brought a new comic persona to Hollywood films. "It's drama. 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. 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). give an imitation of life. material -- at least for a matinee." It was Wright in fact who suggested the possibility of acting to Quinn and even paid for an operation to cure a speech impediment. And Natalie's own sister, Lana Wood deemed a credible source by detectiveshas spent years publicly sharing her doubts that Wood's death was an accident and demanding that Wagner, her . Times. Quinn directed his only film in 1958, The Buccaneer, a commercial failure he later attributed to producer Cecil DeMille's interference. 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. Not only could she not risk another flop, but she wasn't sure she was ready to go back to work. It had no cast members from the earlier series and only lasted six episodes.) The film was a major box office success. 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. (Director Elia Kazan tried to start a rivalry between the two actors but they were great admirers of each other.) For Lana Turner, that hit a little too close to home, and she hesitated. This video shows clips from the original 1934 film "Imitation of Life" directed by John Stall . Natalie Wood, original name Natalia Nikolaevna Zackharenko, Zackharenko also spelled Zakharenko, (born July 20, 1938, San Francisco, California, U.S.died November 29, 1981, off Santa Catalina Island, California), American film actress who transitioned from child stardom to a successful movie career as an adult. Hunter insisted on maintaining a lavish production, despite a tight budget. HBO's New Natalie Wood Documentary Doesn't Have the Answers Heartbreaking Details About Natalie Wood's Life - Grunge Imitation of Life (1959) - Turner Classic Movies Natalie Wood was 42 when she died. To these two roles Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner bring a A modern source reported that Sirk had read the novel before directing this film, but had not seen the 1934 film. -- John Gavin, as Steve Archer, coming on to Turner, as Lora Meredith. Her personal life took a surprising turn when she hooked up with singer Bobby Darin. She was only five when she entered the 2nd grade. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. It had no cast members from the earlier series and only lasted six episodes.) Turner's daughter, Cheryl Crane, visited the set during location shooting for Sandra Dee's high school graduation. From sexual antics to social critique, Lemmon and Wilder sharpened their comic knives on the hypocrisies they saw in American culture. She was all I had." 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. C-125m. Actress Lora Meredith claws her way to stardom only to realize the daughter (Sandra Dee) she has neglected for years is now a stranger to her and --worse yet-- her rival for the love of a younger man. 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. At the age of 11 he won a sculpture award and shortly after began studying architecture under Frank Lloyd Wright. He was busy in a variety of films during this periods - notably Parrish (1961) and Rome Adventure (1962) - but also starred in the TV series Surfside 6 (1960) and Hawaiian Eye (1962 and predating Hawaii Five-O by several years). -- Lypsinka, "My Favorite By Lang Thompson. . (Kohner was like a sexier, less delicate, even more on-the-edge Natalie Wood. Review. 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. We strive to provide reliability in our movie trivia database, and we . CIP-Kurztitelaufnahme in der Deutschen Bibliothek. quite credible and moving." Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Richard H. Riedel 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. As recently as 1995, readers of the New York Daily News voted Imitation of Life a place among their ten favorite films. Director: Douglas Sirk In It Should Happen to You, Holliday plays a struggling actress who soon wins fast fame as the product of promotion. African-American actress Juanita Moore The film is. Letterboxed. Lana Turner was back on top, and a rich woman as well. Turner agreed, and the film succeeded beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Problems arise when Lemmon falls for his boss's paramour - it gets even more complicated when she tries to kill herself in his pad! While Mankiewicz's contribution had clearly been underappreciated, most of Kael's conclusions and even some of her factual basis have been disproven though she never bothered to revise the essay. Despite its success, it was also Sirk's last commercial feature. Natalie Wood. During the publicity tour for the film, one reporter asked Susan Kohner if she had "minded" playing a black character. Later, Lemmon claimed that he learned more about comic technique by watching these Chaplin, Keaton and Harold Lloyd two-reelers than acting school could have ever taught him. 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. She claimed to never see a movie more than once or to change her mind about it later. 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. 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. (1954), another lightweight romantic comedy. Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Richard H. Riedel ANTHONY QUINN, 1915-2001 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. producer Music by Cinematography by Russell Metty . Tragically, Ms. Dee died on February 20 at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. 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 became Universal's top-grossing film to that time, and Turner's most successful film ever. Universal Pictures was suffering from financial problems in the late '50s. But she was deeply in debt, and she needed to work. The Mirror Crack'd. . In Missing (1982), directed by the uncompromising Costa-Gavras, Lemmon played a patriotic father searching for his kidnapped son in Latin America. "Imitation of Life" is Douglas Sirk's last melodrama with an engaging and emotional story with romance, ambition, friendship, love and rejection. Famous Quotes from IMITATION OF LIFE Lemmon waived his salary to act in Save the Tiger (1973), the 'great American tragedy' of a businessman at the end of his rope. Lemmon was truly a one-of-a-kind actor and his track record for acclaimed performances is truly remarkable: 8 Oscar nominations (he won Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts (1955) and Best Actor for Save the Tiger (1973), a Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, 8 British Academy Award nominations, 4 Emmy Award nominations, numerous Golden Globe nominations, a two-time Best Actor winner at the Cannes Film Festival, the list goes on and on. Screenplay: Eleanor Griffin, Allan Scott 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). Though The Apartment was a comic success, with each passing year the film's serious side seems even more dark and derisive. But in Quinn's case, it's all true. According to a July 19, 1956 Hollywood Reporter news item, producer Ross Hunter originally planned to make a musical version of the story starring Shirley Booth and Ethel Waters. initial U.S. release, placing number five on the year's list of top box-office She was 60. Sirk is able to make such a devastatingly embittered and pessimistic movie." Carroll O'Connor - who died June 21st at the age of 76 - will be best remembered for portraying Archie Bunker on TV's All in the Family but his career actually was much more extensive.
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