“Imitation of Life.”
QELDOM, if ever, has there been such a combination of elements which mean good entertainment as there are in Universal’s “Imitation of Life.” “Back Street”- proved that Fannie Hurst understands thoroughly what women like to see in a moving picture. John Stahl, in that picture, proved that he knew how to transpose to the screen every last ounce of interest which lay in a Fannie Hurst story. There is no director in the world who has this faculty in the same degree that John Stahl possesses it. And he directed “Imitation of Life” also. Then there is the popularity of Claudette Colbert, who is an ideal heroine for Fannie Hurst’s story. John Stahl searched for three months before be was satisfied even with Claudette Colbert.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 121, 15 February 1935, Page 16
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