| Description |
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 95 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 95.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono; widescreen (1.77:1) presentation. |
| Cast |
Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Russell Metty; editor, Frank Gross; music, Frank Skinner. |
| Note |
Based on the story by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. |
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Special features: An hour of excerpts from Behind the Mirror : a profile of Douglas Sirk, a 1979 BBC documentary featuring rare interview footage with the director; Imitation of life: on the films of Douglas Sirk, an illustrated essay by filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder; a collection of vintage lobby cards and production stills, original theatrical trailer. |
| Summary |
Cary Scott, an attractive and wealthy New England widow, creates a social outcry in her community and within her family when she becomes romantically involved with Ron Kirby, her much younger gardener. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WHPLDVD |
| Subject |
Widows -- Drama.
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Young men -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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May-December romances -- Drama.
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Lee, Edna, 1890-1963 -- Film adaptations.
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Lee, Harry, 1914-1985 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Romance films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987.
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Fenwick, Peg.
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Hunter, Ross.
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Wyman, Jane, 1917-2007.
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Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985.
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Metty, Russell.
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Gross, Frank, 1905-1960
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Skinner, Frank, 1897-1968.
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Lee, Edna, 1890-1963.
All that heaven allows.
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Lee, Harry.
All that heaven allows.
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Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982.
Imitation of life.
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Universal-International (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Behind the mirror.
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Imitation of life.
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| ISBN |
1559409126 |
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9781559409124 |
| Standard No. |
715515011426 |
| Music No. |
CC1565D Criterion Collection |
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