Imitation Of Life (1934) - (Movie Clip) I Wanna Be White

Name: Imitation Of Life (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I Wanna Be White
Uploaded: 2016-09-12T00:00:00-04:00
Duration: 2 min 40 s
Description: First scene for Fredi Washington as the mature Peola, with candor from the original Fannie Hurst novel, extraordinary for Hollywood, expressing anxiety about her race to her mother, Louise Beavers, at a party celebrating the pancake-mix business she co-founded (with Claudette Colbert, the hostess), in Imitation Of Life, 1934.

First scene for Fredi Washington as the mature Peola, with candor from the original Fannie Hurst novel, extraordinary for Hollywood, expressing anxiety about her race to her mother, Louise Beavers, at a party celebrating the pancake-mix business she co-founded (with Claudette Colbert, the hostess), in Imitation Of Life, 1934.