Juanita Moore, Susan Kohner, Paul Weitz Photos
The 50th anniversary screening of Douglas Sirk’s classic weepie Imitation of Life, starring Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, John Gavin, and Oscar nominees Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner (above), was presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday, August 21, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The event was hosted by film critic Stephen Faber.
In Imitation of Life, white Susan Kohner plays black Juanita Moore’s daughter (hey, it’s Hollywood). In real life, however, Kohner doesn’t have a black mom. Her mother is Lupita Tovar, 98, known as "Mexico’s Sweetheart" back in the early 1930s and the star of the Spanish-language version of Dracula. Her father was producer Paul Kohner, among whose credits [...]
by Deborah Arthur | August 25, 2009
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Lana Turner in IMITATION OF LIFE Screening
Karen Dicker, Juanita Moore, Terry Burnham, and Lana Turner in Imitation of Life
Douglas Sirk’s classic melodrama Imitation of Life, starring Lana Turner, will have its 50th anniversary celebrated with a screening of a recently struck print at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on Friday, August 21, at 7:30 p.m.
Hosted by film critic Stephen Farber, the Imitation of Life screening will feature an onstage discussion with Oscar-nominated (supporting) actresses Susan Kohner and Juanita Moore, conducted by Kohner’s sons, filmmakers Paul and Chris Weitz. The print, which is part of the Academy Film Archive collection, was made from the Universal Pictures restoration.
Sandra Dee, Lana Turner
Douglas Sirk’s reputation has gained some belated recognition in [...]
