Directed by John Wells
2013 Drama
2 hours 1 minute
From The Weinstein Company
Starring
Meryl Streep
Julia Roberts
Ewan McGregor
Chris Cooper
Julianne Nicholson
Margo Martindale
Juliette Lewis
Benedict Cumberbatch
Abigail Breslin
Dermot Mulroney
Misty Upham
Sam Shepard
Most unfortunately this dear lady will be unknown to most people unless one is very familiar with the 1959 Imitation of Life. In that case, you know exactly who she is. Although she worked for a decade before the film and would work many years afterwards, she never again gathered such praise and fame as she did playing Annie Johnson in Imitation of Life. Moore died on New Year's Day in Los Angeles, where she lived most of her life. She was 99.
Victor Mature was called all kinds of names and The Hunk was simply one of them. A few others were lush Lothario, Technicolor Tarzan, overripe Romeo, the loafer, glamour boy. I'm sure there were more. His distinctive, often-brooding Mediterranean good looks generally found him in films that were pure escapism. No one would accuse him of being a great actor and that would include him.
