BROADCASTS.com

It\u2019s our epic episode on the three\xa0Imitations of Life! Hear us discuss Fannie Hurst\u2019s massively popular 1933 novel and its two popular film adaptations: John M. Stahl\u2019s restrained 1934 version, the first Hollywood movie to look seriously, if cautiously, at the impact of white supremacy and racial inequality in America, and Douglas Sirk\u2019s strategically lurid, early civil rights-era version, from 1959. We attempt to thoroughly debunk the \u201ctrash\u201d reputation of Hurst\u2019s eccentric, elaborately written, and harrowing novel, which not only addresses white supremacy but also harpoons the nuclear family and the American religion of success, while putting mother-daughter emotional ambivalence at its imaginative center. We then go on to discuss some of the reasons for the changes from page to screen, and a blatantly political addition to the story in the original Stahl script that didn\u2019t make it past the censors. Warning for as much disturbing content as you can imagine this topic occasioning, and then some.\xa0

Time Codes:

0h 0m 00s: \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Imitation of Life (novel by Fannie Hurst)

1h 04m 35s: \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 IMITATION OF LIFE (1934 \u2013 dir. John M. Stahl)

1h 57m 48s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 IMITATION OF LIFE (1959 \u2013 dir. Douglas Sirk)

\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0

+++

* Check out our Complete Upcoming Schedule - now projected to the end of our Lilli Palmer series in 2024

* Find Elise\u2019s latest film piece on\xa0Billy Wilder and 1930s Romantic Comedy

*And Read lots of Elise\u2019s Writing at\xa0Bright Wall/Dark Room,\xa0Cl\xe9o, and\xa0Bright Lights.*

Follow us on Twitter at\xa0@therebuggy

Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com

\xa0