Imitation of Life - Special Edition in February

**Universal** has announced a February 5th release date for Imitation of Life - Special Edition. Both the 1934 and 1959 version have been previously released on a double feature single disc DVD, but this 2-Disc DVD set tops the previous release by adding commentaries, a featurette and trailers. The set will retail for $26.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $19.99. Details below.

Imitation Of Life (1934, 111 min)
In this Academy Award-nominated Best Picture, Claudette Colbert and Louse Beavers are superb as two women with young daughters who build a fortune together. But success doesn't save them from sorrow with the passing years.
Delilah's light-skinned teenager rejects her mother and her race, while Bea must choose between the man she loves and the daughter who loves him, too. Now all of them will pay the price of love in this spellbinding classic.

Imitation Of Life (1959, 125 min)
Lana Turner heads the outstanding cast with Juanita Moore in the second screen version of this emotionally-charged story about two widows and their troubled daughters.
Lora's search for success causes her to neglect her daughter, while Annie's daughter rejects her culture by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living out an emotionally troubled existence.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Feature Commentary with Film Historian/Scholar
• Lasting Legacy - An Imitation of Life
• Theatrical Trailers

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