As a bi-racial person, I absolutely hate this film. It is bias against Sarah Jane's perspective. It is a propaganda film to promote racial bias against bi-racial people. It made Sarah Jane out to be not only the villian, but the scapegoat. A statement made by Sarah Jane's mother said it all. "How can I tell my child she was born to be hurt." What a cruel curse to place upon your own child. A mother's outlook can make or break a child's life. This is a protrayal of how to destroy your own child in my opinion.
Exactly 💯 👏🏼. Thank you. It is a propaganda film to glamorize whiteness and vilify Biracial people, all while making blacks look like victims. It's disgusting.
@@MulattoHistoryChannel Sarah Jane wasn’t bi-racial. Her mother in the beginning of the film stated her father was near white, which means he had in the vernacular of times colored blood. He would have been classified as a mulatto. Now in accordance to those classification he would have been either a quad (one quarter) or a octo (one eighth). Also with the laws of eugenics which were heavily in rotation you need to go at least three generations back in order to be claimed by that race. So Sarah Jane’s parentage would have cast her as colored. Although her mothers words were unfortunate for that time period it was true she was going to have to embrace being colored or she was going to have to walk away and pass which brings on a whole other set of issues and problems. For that time period Sarah Jane’s appearance didn’t represent who she was which was a colored woman. Her attitude towards her mother was foul and no matter how anybody tries to manipulate it. The young man who beat her up had not met her mother he heard her mother was a negro. Each time her mother found her she was in compromising situations. She wanted to be white, which is what she was trying to achieve let’s not pretend, there were much more savory ways to do so. There is another movie from that time period about a colored woman who looked white who was educated and began passing out of frustration. Ultimately due to some not being able to accept who she was she ended up walking away from the life she created. If you haven’t watch the 1934 version of this movie. The actress who played Pecola the Sarah Jane of that movie was actually colored Freddie Washington and she makes Sarah Jane look like a choir girl.
Uhh this movie was released in 1959, my mother was 10 yrs old at that time. So if she wasn’t offended neither should you be offended 😡. Get your panties out of a bunch and find something useful to do with yourself .
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross “Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
@@aliciaclarke8616 Susan Kohner said in an interview that she became friends with Juanita Moore after filming was completed, but not before because "I knew I had to be mean to her."
Watched this as a child, 73 now, and it still saddens me. You don't find too many movies today that really touch your heart, and make you shed tears. like this one does.
With Mahalia singing out to the Lord as well. I read somewhere that the actors' reactions at the funeral were real because they didn't know that Mahalia was going to be in the movie, let alone sing.
I've seen this movie about 100 plus times. Each time feels like the first time. I cry my heart out. Great cast awesome actors. All time classic movie. 😢
@@dawndavenport5166 take a breath its a movie not that deep lol plenty half black people in real life with similar experiences that look alot like Sara Jane doesn't matter
@@bunnitrixelstrange3594Sounds like someone is an ungrateful brat who doesn’t appreciate the people who gave them life and raised them. Birds of a feather, flock together.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 "The people who gave them life“? You mean her absentee White father who had a one night stand with her mother who couldn’t be bothered to have a conversation about race. Then brings Sarah into the World FATHERLESS in that society. It’s not just about race. Being the child of a single mom in those days was considered humiliating and shameful. You said "I don’t care if it’s the 40s/50s“ but time period and context does MATTER. Yeah this just screams of classic narcissism and zero foresight. You reap what you sow!
My mom is a baby boomer and this is her favorite movie ❤. The gospel singer at the funeral was the great Mahalia Jackson and she was my grandmother’s favorite singer ❤.
For decades since 1959, Imitation Of Life made Universal Studios more money than any other movie. Lana Turner was my mother's favorite actress. The Postman Always Rings Twice and Madame X! Imitation Of Life is American culture - a cult classic! A tear-jerker! I met Lana Turner in 1991 Los Angeles. I was starstruck!
@@patremagilbert682 I was born in '58 and biracial: white father, black mother. This film hits home in SO many ways. It also breaks my heart because I could never do my Mom that way . . . yet, I understood her situation.
One of my favorite movies of all time. I believe Susan Kohner (adult Sarah Jane) and Karin Dicker (young Sarah Jane) are all we have left of the main cast members.
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross “Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
One of the things most people miss is the young white male star who was believed to be a very popular star that slapped her several times in her face when he found out she was black. Hell, he followed her to keep beating her in her face. You could tell it was made before civil rights.
This movie is hateful, racist propaganda. It blames the woman's daughter for everything when it is white racism that is to blame for everything! It amazes me that so many people fall for this disgusting trick!
I get that every time people see my kids. They think that I adopted them because their hair is straight and mine is kinky. And they look more white than black....They're very proud that I am their mother...
The greatest movie EVER… in the whole wide world. I will never forget how this movie made me feel. I will never forget Mahalia Jackson singing. I will never forget the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the background. And I will never forget how proud I was to have a black mother!!!!!
@@RoseHunt-li7dfyep she Loved her mother but Annie died of a broken heart she never wanted Sarah Jane to suffer it was hurting Annie she felt Sarah Jane pain
I agree with all that's been stated. Very SAD movie to watch because of the daughter's SELF HATE and she inflicted onto her MOTHER. And, the FUNERAL..... BREAKS my HEART
The best tear jerker movie of all time. Cannot ever watch it without tearing up. That dear sweet Mama treated like she was treated, just unbearable to see her pain. The movie has held up really well. Excellent performances. Sarah Jane's mother incredible. So believable.
I am an ol' Boomer Black woman and I saw this movie as a kid in the early 1960's..I cried then and I cry now when rewatching it as it is just as poignant as ever!..The actress who played Annie was so great in her role.The funeral scene...well there are no words.......🙏😇
Sarah Jane deserves a bit of sympathy because she had no idea how to navigate a world where there was no place for her in it. Her mother's love was not enough to help her pivot. A powerful movie...still😢
You'll find my sympathy for Sarah Jane between sh## and syphilis. Your mother is the one that God picked himself to be the everything you need to survive this cruel world. Her mother was trying to make her unashamed through love, but she also should've said more to her as a child. But that is not a reason to treat your mother like crap.
@@wrinthiak3431 Sara was navigating herself in that world, she was able to pass for white, but the mama kept messing it up for her. Trying to get her to be proud of being black. But if you ain't proud, you just ain't proud. That's all there is to it.
@@craigbfolksingeractually her sons are directors they did the American pie films Susan retired from acting a few years after this film came out to be a wife and mother
One of the greatest movies of all times. Rest In Heavenly Peace, The Late Iconic Ms. Juanita Moore, Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, Mahalia Jackson and Mr. John Gavin! ❤❤🥰👑🏆📺🎬😇🌟🌟🎉🎉🙏🙏🕊🕊
I have this movie in the DVD and VHS (LOL) format. This is my favorite 1959 version of this movie. The funeral of Annie makes me break down every time.
Ooohh chile my mother introduced me to this movie growing up and the tears i cried when Mihalia J. sang😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 It’s playing in my head and Im tearing up now! Haunting! One of the best films ever!❤❤❤❤❤❤ Who’s saying they hate this movie because youre projecting big time!
This was my grandma's all time favorit movie, she would cry everytime she watched it. She couldn't understand why being different was always looked down on.
LORD !!! I WATCHED THIS MOVIE WHEN I WAS YOUNG CRIED LIKE A BABY !!!!!! MY HEART ACHES WATCHING THIS EVEN NOW !!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭even though her daughter disowned her she STILL FORGAVE HER EVERYTIME !!!!!!! A TRUE MOTHERS LOVE !!!❤❤❤❤
I cried every time I watched that movie it made realize it doesn’t matter what you color you come out to be from your mothers womb, that love is more powerful the end of the day!
A movie like this was needed to help us understand diversity, bi-racial inequality, such a tremendous movie that resonates on so many levels. I understand many have faulted the movie for its transgressions, but it was wrenching & the acting from all were superb. Juanita & Susan DESERVED THOSE OSCARS!
Knowing that you're black but can pass as white. Her head must have been in all kinds of places. Even though being black and looking black is so much harder, at least the world knows that you're black. You know that you're black. But when you're black and look white...its hard to be accepted by both sides. I feel for her, not knowing where she truly belongs. But she didn't have to treat the only person who loved her more than anything that way.
Ever since I was 9 years old and saw this movie; I would cry 😭 during the funeral scene. I mean, I boo-hoo like a baby. I’m even crying now, 😭watching it.
There’s a black an white movie about a woman who passes for white marries a shoulder .. she loses her child and asked what color was the baby’s. Her husband thought she had cheated on him. She returns home separated from her husband 😢
@@MarilynB-MariLuv my grandmother passed away in 1988. I bought the movie on ebay it's so 😥 I cried watching the movie ty for responding....have a blessed day.
@@Vanipollonia1 unlike the 1934. Freddie Washington was light skinned white passing in looks but both of her parents were black. Hollywood wanted her to white pass, but she refused and had to have her skin darkened for roles.
Mahalia Jackson brought that movie home with that song. You can't watch this movie without dropping a tear. And Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner remained friends years after that movie. A Tear jerker for sure. I think I'll watch it this weekend. 😊
My mom had me watch this - I couldn’t understand why as a child -but my mom had a darker complexion than I did - this was so educational because I didn’t believe anyone would mistreat their mom…I cried so much. 💔💔💔 I brought Mahalia’s album.
This is my most favorite movie. I saw it the first time when i was a teenager and over the years, each time i saw it i understood it more. I own a copy now, so i can watch it whenever i need to.😊
Sarah Jane didn't want to be the outcast and felt left out but a mother's love is so powerful. Annie kept loving her even though she was ignored or the blame. I never seen this movie but some day I want to see the whole movie.
This is a very good film that my mom forced me to watch this as a kid, howeve, I have NO IDEA whatsoever why this very old classic KEEPS popping into my feed.
My mother is light skinned West Indian and my father was black (now deceased). My mother loved this movie so much that she named her first born Mahalia after Mahalia Jackson.
I loved this movie it was beautiful and made about mixed-race young women who can pass for no other race but Caucasian. The part I did not like when the guy she was dating fine out. And he began slapping her in the face. It's was only a movie premiere that demonstrated racism in those days of a biracial child or children. I loved the actors and actresses. I believe that all people Universally need to watch this movie premiere who's are in biracial relationships even today. I understand back then that people talked to marriage only in your race. And a lot of nationality still teaches that to their children today. Thanks for sharing. PeaceUn2U I♡it. 7/24/24
@@PatriceEvans-cd8rq There is only ONE race: "The Human Race". Science has proven that civilization started in Africa. (Google: "The Eve Gene". The BW is the only woman who can produce ALL skin, hair, & eye colors) Society created this "whyte" supremacy lie. We are all connected by blood. BP come in all shades from the lightest to the darkest. It is a fact. (P.S. Steven Tyler of "Aerosmith" just did his ancestry and found out he has black relatives. He said: "I KNEW it!" Watch on: "Finding your Roots" with Dr. Henry Louis Gates. Don't forget "Slash" from "Gun & Roses".) Some people will go to great lengths to "hide" their blackness.
😔So many scenes in the movie between SarahJane and Annie just tears my heart in two. 😔 As i have "many" mulatto, quadroon, mestizo and octoroon ❤nieces and nephews❤, in my family. It's been hard, rough for them, but they are a resilient, determined, dedicated, motivated and persevering people.💪🏽💪🏽 I LOVE them ALL. Equally.
As a bi-racial person, I absolutely hate this film. It is bias against Sarah Jane's perspective. It is a propaganda film to promote racial bias against bi-racial people. It made Sarah Jane out to be not only the villian, but the scapegoat.
A statement made by Sarah Jane's mother said it all. "How can I tell my child she was born to be hurt." What a cruel curse to place upon your own child. A mother's outlook can make or break a child's life. This is a protrayal of how to destroy your own child in my opinion.
Exactly 💯 👏🏼. Thank you. It is a propaganda film to glamorize whiteness and vilify Biracial people, all while making blacks look like victims. It's disgusting.
@@MulattoHistoryChannel Sarah Jane wasn’t bi-racial. Her mother in the beginning of the film stated her father was near white, which means he had in the vernacular of times colored blood. He would have been classified as a mulatto. Now in accordance to those classification he would have been either a quad (one quarter) or a octo (one eighth). Also with the laws of eugenics which were heavily in rotation you need to go at least three generations back in order to be claimed by that race. So Sarah Jane’s parentage would have cast her as colored. Although her mothers words were unfortunate for that time period it was true she was going to have to embrace being colored or she was going to have to walk away and pass which brings on a whole other set of issues and problems. For that time period Sarah Jane’s appearance didn’t represent who she was which was a colored woman. Her attitude towards her mother was foul and no matter how anybody tries to manipulate it. The young man who beat her up had not met her mother he heard her mother was a negro. Each time her mother found her she was in compromising situations. She wanted to be white, which is what she was trying to achieve let’s not pretend, there were much more savory ways to do so. There is another movie from that time period about a colored woman who looked white who was educated and began passing out of frustration. Ultimately due to some not being able to accept who she was she ended up walking away from the life she created. If you haven’t watch the 1934 version of this movie. The actress who played Pecola the Sarah Jane of that movie was actually colored Freddie Washington and she makes Sarah Jane look like a choir girl.
@@MulattoHistoryChannel huh
@@timtebowfan628 by loving and rising her 🤨
Uhh this movie was released in 1959, my mother was 10 yrs old at that time. So if she wasn’t offended neither should you be offended 😡. Get your panties out of a bunch and find something useful to do with yourself .
This movie crushed me 😭. Her mother was so loving and caring.
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross
“Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
I agree
Yes
*Crushed me terribly.*
“Society is not something that exists apart from us - we have created it.”
I’m glad that woman told her not to disrespect her mom this is so sad…
Agreed
What is sad is the comments. The comments demonstrated America is still plagued with an anti-black culture.
She was so mean to her biological mother
@@aliciaclarke8616 Susan Kohner said in an interview that she became friends with Juanita Moore after filming was completed, but not before because "I knew I had to be mean to her."
Watched this as a child, 73 now, and it still saddens me. You don't find too many movies today that really touch your heart, and make you shed tears. like this one does.
I HAVE THE MOVIE....AND I CAN NEVER CONTAIN MY FEELINGS....I HURT JUST LOOKING AT PREVIEWS
Still brings tears to my eyes. Makes me want to watch it in its entirety.
YEEESSS!!! Me too!😢 When Mrs. Laura is sitting by Annie's bed and she takes her last breath and Mrs. Laura screams out Noooo! That's the tear jerker!😭
Very Sad denying her morher
The Movie with Sydney Poitier A PATCH OF BLUE was a real teary one to watch.
I can’t watch this movie without crying. Annie had so many friends. That funeral was such a send off.
Your right. Every time I watch this movie it brings me to tears
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With Mahalia singing out to the Lord as well. I read somewhere that the actors' reactions at the funeral were real because they didn't know that Mahalia was going to be in the movie, let alone sing.
I've seen this movie about 100 plus times. Each time feels like the first time. I cry my heart out. Great cast awesome actors. All time classic movie. 😢
It's 2024 and this ending still brings me to tears.
The funeral scene tears me up every time 😢
I cry like a baby every time I see that scene.
Me too ..Sara Jane loved her mom. .but the world wasn't accepting of her if they knew she was half black
@@spicyhot2552she wasn't half black.
@@dawndavenport5166 In the movie she was half black..but not in real.life
@@dawndavenport5166 take a breath its a movie not that deep lol plenty half black people in real life with similar experiences that look alot like Sara Jane doesn't matter
The ending is so heart-wrenching!! The actress who played Sara Jane played the hell out of her part. SHE DESERVED AN OSCAR!!!
Right she NEVER GOT ONE 😢
That was Natalie Woods
No.@@naskeelove6363
@@naskeelove6363 - That wasn’t Natalie Woods! 😂
Wrong. Her name is Susan Kohner@@naskeelove6363
I don’t care that Sarah Jane grew up in the 40’s and 50’s. That was no excuse for the way she treated her mother.
@kcirtapelyk6060 Self righteousness much.
@@bunnitrixelstrange3594Sounds like someone is an ungrateful brat who doesn’t appreciate the people who gave them life and raised them. Birds of a feather, flock together.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 "The people who gave them life“? You mean her absentee White father who had a one night stand with her mother who couldn’t be bothered to have a conversation about race. Then brings Sarah into the World FATHERLESS in that society. It’s not just about race. Being the child of a single mom in those days was considered humiliating and shameful. You said "I don’t care if it’s the 40s/50s“ but time period and context does MATTER. Yeah this just screams of classic narcissism and zero foresight. You reap what you sow!
I agree. She was awful to her mother. I had no sympathy for her at the funeral.
Her mother should have understood
She couldn’t see what a wonderful Mum she had.
@jemmajames6719 Some never do until they die..l had a wonderful and loving Mum..will never forget her..🙏
They both deserved the Oscar! Not just their earned nominations!
Totally agree unfortunately juanita Moore couldn't find work for two years after this film came out due to the times it was difficult to find work
Agree
They wasn't that good
My mom is a baby boomer and this is her favorite movie ❤. The gospel singer at the funeral was the great Mahalia Jackson and she was my grandmother’s favorite singer ❤.
For decades since 1959, Imitation Of Life made Universal Studios more money than any other movie. Lana Turner was my mother's favorite actress. The Postman Always Rings Twice and Madame X!
Imitation Of Life is American culture - a cult classic! A tear-jerker!
I met Lana Turner in 1991 Los Angeles. I was starstruck!
Yes indeed, Mahalia Jackson was an excellent singer with a beautiful and powerful voice ❤.
Yes she was my Grandmother's favorite singer too. And as a singer myself I grew to love Mahalia J too.
My mom too born 58
@@patremagilbert682 I was born in '58 and biracial: white father, black mother. This film hits home in SO many ways. It also breaks my heart because I could never do my Mom that way . . . yet, I understood her situation.
This movie is so heartbreaking! But I must say the actors are phenomenal! Rest in peace to the actors who have passed.
One of my favorite movies of all time. I believe Susan Kohner (adult Sarah Jane) and Karin Dicker (young Sarah Jane) are all we have left of the main cast members.
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross
“Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
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One of the things most people miss is the young white male star who was believed to be a very popular star that slapped her several times in her face when he found out she was black. Hell, he followed her to keep beating her in her face. You could tell it was made before civil rights.
Her mom died of a broken heart love Annie so much what a tear jerker ❤❤😢❤❤
In those times was very crude
This hits so effing hard. Can’t believe it still makes me cry after all these years.
This movie is hateful, racist propaganda. It blames the woman's daughter for everything when it is white racism that is to blame for everything! It amazes me that so many people fall for this disgusting trick!
Who still loving this film in 2024❤
I have never forgotten the way that the teacher's mouth hung open once she realized that Annie was Sara Jane's mom. The shock on her face.
LOL 😂
I get that every time people see my kids. They think that I adopted them because their hair is straight and mine is kinky. And they look more white than black....They're very proud that I am their mother...
Sarah Jane's self hate was to the bone.
She drove her poor mother to die with a broken heart...😢
😢 so sad 😢😢😢
💔😢😢😢
@@marcusanderson933 so 😢😢😢😢😢 movie ever
Who created that thought for a child 🤔
Society
THE MOTHER WAS SO BEAUTIFUL! ❤
I have seen this move so many times and I cry every time Mahalia Jackson sings, such a beautiful movie!!
Nothing Like A Mothers Love For Her Child!!!❤️
This is one of my favorite movies no matter how many times I watch it l always end up crying
What’s the name of this movie?
@@michelleleduff3937imitation of life
78 and it still brings tears.
I watched this as a child and cried 😢
I still cry til this day!
The greatest movie EVER… in the whole wide world. I will never forget how this movie made me feel. I will never forget Mahalia Jackson singing. I will never forget the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the background. And I will never forget how proud I was to have a black mother!!!!!
Same here.
Agreed!! This is my favorite movie. Always has been, always will be. 😢
I cried so much while watching the movie . I still cry
One of my absolute favorite movie of all times! From a very little girl, I understood this movie! Mahalia’s singing was soul stirring!
Sarah Jane was so cruel to her mother. All her mother had wanted to do was just love and protect her. 😞💔
Underneath that cruelty, Sarah Jane deeply loved her mother.
@@RoseHunt-li7dfyep she Loved her mother but Annie died of a broken heart she never wanted Sarah Jane to suffer it was hurting Annie she felt Sarah Jane pain
@@doncooper384yes the mother felt every inch of her daughter pain and it killed her not able to help her.
I agree with all that's been stated. Very SAD movie to watch because of the daughter's SELF HATE and she inflicted onto her MOTHER. And, the FUNERAL..... BREAKS my HEART
What I wouldn’t have given to have had a loving, beautiful mother like that.
This film breaks my heart every time I see it.
Love this film! Used to watch it with my grandmother and we would cry our eyes out.
The best tear jerker movie of all time. Cannot ever watch it without tearing up.
That dear sweet Mama treated like she was treated, just unbearable to see her pain. The movie has held up really well. Excellent performances. Sarah Jane's mother incredible. So believable.
The ending absolutely Broke my heart ❤️
😢😢😢😢im just seeing this video it's absolutely sad
Her mother died of a broken heart….A mother’s love for her child is so powerful….I am crying now watching these scenes…This classic movie is timeless
I am an ol' Boomer Black woman and I saw this movie as a kid in the early 1960's..I cried then and I cry now when rewatching it as it is just as poignant as ever!..The actress who played Annie was so great in her role.The funeral scene...well there are no words.......🙏😇
The amazing Juanita Moore!
I saw this movie in my teens, and never forgot it. Now own the DVD. An incredibly good movie.
I lived it
😢😢this film is magnificent, in 2024 crying and I've seen it a dozen time's...pulls on your heart strings every time ❤❤❤😢😢😢
Can't watch it once was enough for me 😢
This movie was absolutely heartbreaking 💔 😢
You only get one momma
True
Especially if u have a good one
😢😢😢😢true.
Amen 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
I miss my mum every day but often sense her presence 🌌💕🙏
This was the best 6 minute movie I saw all year!😮
Seriously
Sarah Jane deserves a bit of sympathy because she had no idea how to navigate a world where there was no place for her in it. Her mother's love was not enough to help her pivot.
A powerful movie...still😢
Not really! Sarah wanted to be white so she could fit in. She hated who she was! Until it was too late.
You'll find my sympathy for Sarah Jane between sh## and syphilis. Your mother is the one that God picked himself to be the everything you need to survive this cruel world. Her mother was trying to make her unashamed through love, but she also should've said more to her as a child. But that is not a reason to treat your mother like crap.
@@wrinthiak3431
Sara was navigating herself in that world, she was able to pass for white, but the mama kept messing it up for her. Trying to get her to be proud of being black. But if you ain't proud, you just ain't proud. That's all there is to it.
Sara Jane is biracial in real life. She's half Mexican and white
No remorse for her. She was an evil spirit. Hate the world but y hate your mother that unconditionally loved her
It's been a long time since I seen imitation of life. But this came with memories. 🙏 Thanks.
THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE MOVIE ABOVE ALL MOVIES ! The actors were phenomenal!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
The actress who played Sarah Jane was awesome and should've won a Oscar outstanding acting
Susan Kohner I think I think her son made movies later on
@@Rubybutterfly666-k6g she was awesome, and she was biracial in real life. She was half Mexican and half white
@@Sun-i6sdidn't know that. She's very beautiful, and really good as Sarah Jane.ll
@@craigbfolksinger
I don't know about her son, but her mother made movies. She was an actress in Mexico and she lived to be over one hundred.
@@craigbfolksingeractually her sons are directors they did the American pie films Susan retired from acting a few years after this film came out to be a wife and mother
Sarah Jane mother played the best role 👏 ❤️ they should of gave her award 👏 could feel her 😢 😭 😔 ❤❤❤❤❤❤
One of the greatest movies of all times. Rest In Heavenly Peace, The Late Iconic Ms. Juanita Moore, Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, Mahalia Jackson and Mr. John Gavin! ❤❤🥰👑🏆📺🎬😇🌟🌟🎉🎉🙏🙏🕊🕊
Most Magnificent film of all time. Such a powerful tear jerker. Phenomenal actresses !
I love this .movie. I She was so disrespectful to her mother . I'm 79 now and it still makes me cry.Especially the ending.
Sarah Jane was missing her mother's love and touch. Their embrace speaks Love.
Well she should of put her pride aside and act like it, she was just pure evil racist kid herself, couldn't stand her
I have this movie in the DVD and VHS (LOL) format. This is my favorite 1959 version of this movie. The funeral of Annie makes me break down every time.
Ooohh chile my mother introduced me to this movie growing up and the tears i cried when Mihalia J. sang😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 It’s playing in my head and Im tearing up now! Haunting! One of the best films ever!❤❤❤❤❤❤ Who’s saying they hate this movie because youre projecting big time!
I always watch this. It is the deepest movie that ever came on the screen. WOW, I still cry.
This was my grandma's all time favorit movie, she would cry everytime she watched it. She couldn't understand why being different was always looked down on.
🧐 Your grandma did not understand why passing for white was a chosen path than being cruelly treated as a brown person?🧐🤔
@@bonitabonita3431 .. wow, are you really are that stupid ? Did you read the comment, did I use words that are too advanced for you to understand ?
@@bonitabonita3431 stop putting words into peoples mouth. That’s not what that person said at all
This is such a good movie. I still cry at the end every time.
This was a great movie , brought tears to my eyes 🦋
LORD !!! I WATCHED THIS MOVIE WHEN I WAS YOUNG CRIED LIKE A BABY !!!!!! MY HEART ACHES WATCHING THIS EVEN NOW !!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭even though her daughter disowned her she STILL FORGAVE HER EVERYTIME !!!!!!! A TRUE MOTHERS LOVE !!!❤❤❤❤
I cried every time I watched that movie it made realize it doesn’t matter what you color you come out to be from your mothers womb, that love is more powerful the end of the day!
As a young girl watching this movie with my mother, i always cry at the end of the movie
a real tear jerker 😢💞
Tears in my eyes again. One of the best ever made ❤️
This was the most Powerful Funeral!! It still brings me to tears...
My mum had singers like that at her funeral..this film made me cry so much..its wonderful and sad film....
A movie like this was needed to help us understand diversity, bi-racial inequality, such a tremendous movie that resonates on so many levels. I understand many have faulted the movie for its transgressions, but it was wrenching & the acting from all were superb. Juanita & Susan DESERVED THOSE OSCARS!
This is my favorite movie of all time
My FAVORITE movie. ❤
This movie changed my life. 😢
Knowing that you're black but can pass as white.
Her head must have been in all kinds of places.
Even though being black and looking black is so much harder, at least the world knows that you're black. You know that you're black. But when you're black and look white...its hard to be accepted by both sides. I feel for her, not knowing where she truly belongs.
But she didn't have to treat the only person who loved her more than anything that way.
Blacks can't pass as white.
The comedian Carol Channing was a good example of a "" black person " passing for white
It’s not that deep
@@giachanel633 That's because her father was a mulatto & her mother was a white woman.
@@giachanel633she was mixed race😂😂😂
This movie is a classic!! It pulls at the heart strings!! Sarah Jane what a fool. Ann was a wonderful woman❤❤❤❤
These little clips they are showing still crying like a baby😢 love this movie
When I saw this as a kid I didn't flinch but now I cry EVERY SINGLE TIME
This is one of my favs..It's so difficult to find and watch for free! My mom made watch it..the lesson was be proud of where u come from!
This movie always makes me cry. Fantastic acting and actors. ❤
One of my favorite movies!!!❤
I also cry everytime, especially when her mom asks Sara Jane, for a final hug!!!😢
That scene rips my heart to shreds every time!
This is one of my absolute favorite films. You would not be able to get through it without crying. Fantastic acting. Poignant storyline.
Ever since I was 9 years old and saw this movie; I would cry 😭 during the funeral scene. I mean, I boo-hoo like a baby. I’m even crying now, 😭watching it.
To late to call MAMA now, when MAMA was here you didn't appreciate her 😭😭😭😭😭😭 so sad
This movie is sad every time I watch it. Grew up watching this movie and it stuck with all these years.
It's 2024........and yyyyy did I just watch this...I'm wiping my eyes wayy to much.
Me to 😢😢
My favorite movie of all time. Loved it. ❤
I remember watching this movie as a young girl an how sad it made me . Your heart hurt. ❤
I'm crying now 60 years later.😢😢😢😢😢
Me too!
This movie was my Grandmas favorite. It is also wanna mine but always makes me ball my eyes.
I have this movie on a double feature DVD. The other movie is 1934 version of Imitation of Life.
I did not know there was another version.
There’s a black an white movie about a woman who passes for white marries a shoulder .. she loses her child and asked what color was the baby’s. Her husband thought she had cheated on him. She returns home separated from her husband 😢
Claudette Colbert plays the main mother of Susan.
@@octavianicole6958 The movie is called "I Passed for White".
@tanyasoto1346 In the 1934 version, the daughter's name was Jessie, not Sarah Jane.
My grandmother's favourite film.😢. May watch this weekend 😢😢
What's the name of the movie 🍿 Ty
@@barbaramelville337Imatation of Life. I'm probably your
grandmother 's age
@@MarilynB-MariLuv my grandmother passed away in 1988. I bought the movie on ebay it's so 😥 I cried watching the movie ty for responding....have a blessed day.
The actress who played Sarah Jane is the only one still alive.
Yes, and the actress who played her, Susan Kohner, is Mexican & Hungarian Jewish.
@@Vanipollonia1 unlike the 1934. Freddie Washington was light skinned white passing in looks but both of her parents were black. Hollywood wanted her to white pass, but she refused and had to have her skin darkened for roles.
@@peachygal4153 Yeah, I've seen that version of Imitation of Life as well. Someone on TH-cam did a whole video about Freddie Washington.
Good to know.
She so beautiful but she was mean to her mother
Mahalia Jackson brought that movie home with that song. You can't watch this movie without dropping a tear. And Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner remained friends years after that movie. A Tear jerker for sure. I think I'll watch it this weekend. 😊
I love this movie although it's very heartbreaking 😢
All great actors, makes me cry every time One of my favorite movies.
The best movie of all time, just simply the best 👌👌👌👍👍
I cried when I watched this years ago. It hurt my heart. It still does watching this again.
My mom had me watch this - I couldn’t understand why as a child -but my mom had a darker complexion than I did - this was so educational because I didn’t believe anyone would mistreat their mom…I cried so much. 💔💔💔
I brought Mahalia’s album.
Makes me cry no matter how many times I watch😔
This is my most favorite movie. I saw it the first time when i was a teenager and over the years, each time i saw it i understood it more. I own a copy now, so i can watch it whenever i need to.😊
WHAT A CLASSIC.. A MUST SEE!
I LOVE this movie.
Sarah Jane didn't want to be the outcast and felt left out but a mother's love is so powerful. Annie kept loving her even though she was ignored or the blame. I never seen this movie but some day I want to see the whole movie.
Wonderful movie, but you will need a lot of tissue.
Enjoy!
This is a very good film that my mom forced me to watch this as a kid, howeve, I have NO IDEA whatsoever why this very old classic KEEPS popping into my feed.
I've seen it a million times and still cry😢 hella acting back then.....
As a child of the TV guide era I watched both. Loved them and learned from them. A mother’s love is precious.
This is one of my favorites.
My mother is light skinned West Indian and my father was black (now deceased). My mother loved this movie so much that she named her first born Mahalia after Mahalia Jackson.
My mother liked Sarah Jane Mixed European and black. From st kitts and nevis
I loved this movie it was beautiful and made about mixed-race young women who can pass for no other race but Caucasian. The part I did not like when the guy she was dating fine out. And he began slapping her in the face. It's was only a movie premiere that demonstrated racism in those days of a biracial child or children.
I loved the actors and actresses. I believe that all people Universally need to watch this movie premiere who's are in biracial relationships even today. I understand back then that people talked to marriage only in your race. And a lot of nationality still teaches that to their children today. Thanks for sharing. PeaceUn2U I♡it. 7/24/24
@@PatriceEvans-cd8rq There is only ONE race: "The Human Race". Science has proven that civilization started in Africa. (Google: "The Eve Gene". The BW is the only woman who can produce ALL skin, hair, & eye colors) Society created this "whyte" supremacy lie. We are all connected by blood.
BP come in all shades from the lightest to the darkest. It is a fact. (P.S. Steven Tyler of "Aerosmith" just did his ancestry and found out he has black relatives. He said: "I KNEW it!" Watch on: "Finding your Roots" with Dr. Henry Louis Gates. Don't forget "Slash" from "Gun & Roses".) Some people will go to great lengths to "hide" their blackness.
I saw both renditions of this movie. I loved them both, the 1934 version and the 1959 version.
Imitation of Life (Great Movie) 🥰😊💯👍🏼
I love this Movie and I Still Cry 😢
😔So many scenes in the movie between SarahJane and Annie just tears my heart in two. 😔
As i have "many" mulatto, quadroon, mestizo and octoroon ❤nieces and nephews❤, in my family. It's been hard, rough for them, but they are a resilient, determined, dedicated, motivated and persevering people.💪🏽💪🏽 I LOVE them ALL. Equally.
My mom and I watched this movie together a couple times, it’s one of our favorites.