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Imitations of Life: The Films of Douglas Sirk
December 23, 2015 - January 6, 2016
A runaway orphan joins up with a traveling medicine show in this tuneful, rosily nostalgic slice of Americana, greatly enhanced by Sirk’s sophisticated sensibility. The legendary Scatman Crothers co-stars.
This tuneful, rosily nostalgic slice of Americana is greatly enhanced by Sirk’s sophisticated sensibility. Set at the turn of the century, it follows a runaway orphan boy who joins up with a traveling medicine-show huckster (ebullient song-and-dance man Dan Dailey) and his sidekick, played by the legendary Scatman Crothers (in his feature-film debut). Though Sirk more than delivers on the requisite charm, he also, as usual, emphasizes the story’s strong social critique: politicians are revealed to be corrupt charlatans, while it’s the professional con man who displays true character.
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