FILM ARCHIVES

Imitation of Life + Magnificent Obsession

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Dir. John M. Stahl (1934,1935) Though Douglas Sirk’s remakes from the 1950s may be better known, both titles in this Stahl Depression-era double feature are essential viewing for all melodrama devotees—especially the former, starring the great Fredi Washington.

Tue., July 17, 1:30 & 5:35 p.m., 2012

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