Directed by:
Douglas SirkCinematography:
Russell MettyCast:
Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Robert Alda, Susan Kohner, Dan O'Herlihy, Juanita Moore, Troy Donahue, Jack Weston, George Barrows, Ann Robinson (more)Plots(1)
Story follows the lives of two mothers and their relationships to their only child daughters. The one mother, a successful actress, has grown distant from her daughter. The other is the black housekeeper to the actress whose own light-skinned daughter can pass for white and decides to disown any connection to her race, much to her mother's heartbreak. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Cosmo Sardo
USA
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
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Joel Fluellen
USA
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Sandra Gould
USA
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Than Wyenn
USA
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Napolen Whiting
USA
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Steve Carruthers
USA
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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Paul Cristo
Greece
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Peg Shirley
USA
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Imitation of Life (1959)
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Billy House
USA
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The Stranger (1946)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Norman Stevans
USA
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The Sound of Music (1965)
The Apartment (1960)
George Ford
USA
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
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Mahalia Jackson
USA
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Imitation of Life (1959)
The Best Man (1964)
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George Calliga
Romania
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Maida Severn
USA
Best movies:
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Loving You (1957)
Imitation of Life (1959)
John McNamara
Best movies:
Imitation of Life (1959)
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Karin Dicker
USA
Best movies:
Imitation of Life (1959)
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John Vivyan
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Wrong Man (1956)
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