Imitation of Life (1959 version)

One of my All time favorite movies is, "Imitation of Life!" I just got finish watching this movie. Not only is this movie a classic, but there is a message in this move. There were actually Four messages. The movie starts off on the Beach where Lora played by Lana Turner and her daughter Susie were at. Susie and Sarah Jane were playing on the Beach. Lora was at a panic trying to find Susie thinking that she has lost her. When she has finally found Susie with the Aide of a Police Officer, there she was with Sarah Jane and Annie Johnson played by Juanita Moore.

During the time on the Beach Annie and Lora had some time to talk while the Girls played. Steve the photographer had taken a picture of Lora while she was searching for Susie, he had also taken a picture of a man asleep while Susie and Sarah playfully placed a can on his big fat belly. A lot has happened during the Beach scene but later on in the movie Annie and Sarah Jane wound up moving in with Lora and Susie. Lora's Dream was to become a Star she wanted to be in the movies and on stage however, she had to go through a lot to get to that point in her Life. She barely made quality time for her daughter because of her busy schedule of starring in various plays.

Annie Johnson had to deal with her daughter who rejected her own race. Even though she could pass for White, she could not accept the fact that she was colored. So she posed and conducted herself as if she was white. Years have past Lora's acting career had become very successful, the Girls have grown up into women and Annie was still dealing with Sarah Jane trying to pass for White. Annie had fought this battle with for many years and from it her health slowly begin to fade. All Sarah cared about was not being discovered that she was Black. She felt that White people were treated better so she pretended to be White. It was Sad to know that she was ashamed of her own color, she even rejected her own mother.

While Lora was starring in movies and plays Susie felt rejected. Annie practically raised Sarah Jane and Susie.When Lora spends time with Susie it was on short terms, that is why she felt the way she was feeling all of these years. Susie needed her mother but she was hardly ever around. As a teenager she had fallen for Steve, the man that was in Love with her mother. To make a long story short, Lora was too busy chasing her dreams of becoming a star when her daughter really needed her and Sarah Jane practically worried her mom and her Health slowly begin to fade. Towards the end of the movie Annie dies. Her funeral was held and Sarah Jane shows up unexpectedly feeling that it was her fault that her mom had died.