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Auction History Result #9198 IMITATION OF LIFE Title Lobby Card R45 Colbert Date Sold 1/20/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1945 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) Fannie Hurst's Imitation of Life, the 1934 John M. Stahl passing-for-white romantic tearjerker melodrama (nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; based on the novel by Fannie Hurst) starring Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Louise Beavers (one of the first black African Americans to achieve success in mainstream Hollywood movies), Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Henry Armetta, Baby Jane, Alan Hale Sr., Fredi Washington (a very light-skinned, very talented black African American actress who refused to try to "pass for white", and who appeared in several important black related movies including "The Emperor Jones" and "Black and Tan"; ironically, she had to have her skin darkened, so she could "pass for black"!), Marilyn Knowlden, and Juanita Quigley. Note that this movie was re-made in 1959 by Ross Hunter and Douglas Sirk with Lana Turner in the lead role! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: good to very good. vertical creases throughout the card including some in the stars' images at left tack hole in the title area at right as well as a few around the edges of the card; smudges, minor creases, and scuffs throughout the card (more so around the edges); small embossed stamp in the lower left corner of the card; several pieces of tape and some pen writing on the back of the card that does not appear to have any effect on the front Learn More about condition grades 
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