Juanita Moore, who played the maid, Annie, in "Imitation of Life", the tearjerker of all-time, died today at age 99. She was not picked by anyone here in the pool.
I would not have known her name but I DO remember the movie and her role. I was about 10, and we were visiting cousins in Detroit and my cousin who was a couple years older wanted to go to the movies (Detroit was the big city, always a tad ahead of G.R.) She asked my parents if I could go since it was an "adult" themed type movie and though I don't remember the conversation we did NOT end up going. Years later, however, I saw it on tv a few time, and yea, what a tear jerker it was. Really controversial for that time.
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
She asked my parents if I could go since it was an "adult" themed type movie and though I don't remember the conversation we did NOT end up going. Years later, however, I saw it on tv a few time, and yea, what a tear jerker it was. Really controversial for that time.
