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  • Actor Claudette Colbert stands next to a seated Louise Beavers.
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IMITATION OF LIFE (1934)

12:30   5:40

Thursday, January 23

(1934, John M. Stahl) Penniless widow Claudette Colbert amasses a financial empire out of faithful servant Louise Beavers’ pancake recipe. With Warren William, and as Beavers’ “tragic mulatto” daughter, Fredi Washington. 35mm. Approx. 111 min.

Plus Black and Tan (1929) with Duke Ellington and Fredi Washington. DCP. Approx. 19 min.

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