4 frames from a film I love. Douglas Sirk's "Imitation of Life". #movies #films #imitationoflife #douglassirk #lanaturner #juanitamoore #johngavin #sandradee #susankohner #robertalda #russellmetty #frankskinner #sammyfain

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The Last Wagon (US)
When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon trai...
1956-09-21
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Born 11 November 1936, Susan Kohner is a US actress who worked in film and TV. She played Sarah Jane, a young African-American woman attempting to "pass" as white, in "Imitation of Life" (1959), for which she was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. #SusanKohner

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SUSAN KOHNER, IMITATION OF LIFE

Susan Kohner like her on screen mother played by Moore delivers a purely winning performance. Kohner invests her whole being into the films melodrama with a message and finds the necessary emotional honesty.

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No one suffers better in mink than Lana Turner. Sirk was the master of borderline camp melodrama that still jerks the tears on demand.

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6:45pm TODAY on #GreatAction

The 1956 #Western film🎥 “The Last Wagon” directed by #DelmerDaves from a screenplay by James Edward Grant, Delmer Daves & Gwen Bagni and story by Gwen Bagni

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6:45pm TODAY on #GreatAction

The 1956 #Western film🎥 “The Last Wagon” directed by #DelmerDaves from a screenplay by James Edward Grant, Delmer Daves & Gwen Bagni and story by Gwen Bagni

🌟 #RichardWidmark #FeliciaFarr #SusanKohner #TommyRettig #GeorgeMathews #StephanieGriffin