Show Hurst Novel Noyel Drama Dramatized I I At Orpheum Imitation of Life Stars Stars Stars' Claudette Colbert in inFine inFine Fine Pine Role By FLICKER FAN Imitation of Life Fannie Hurst's novel has reached the screen and given Claudette Colbert who seems to o be bc filmdom's No 1 lady another starring tarring part It opened Thursday at athe atthe atthe the he Orpheum theater Being an adaptation of a Hurst story the film fUm of cour course c has a lot lotof lotof lotof of what th the movie press agents like to call the gamut of human emotions or something like that I If it anything it is a little too lachrymose mose and a little heavy on the thc audience audience audi audi- ence for lor Imitation of ot Life must set sel some kind of a record d for sobbing on the part of or just about everyone in the picture Imitation of ot Life is the story of or a ayoun ayoung ayoung young youn widow played by Miss Gilbert who is supporting a baby daughter by carrying on her husbands husband's business Into her life comes a negro and together they go into a business marketing pancake flour which makes them both wealthy Miss Hurst with her usual slant on the seamy side of life worked into her story the tragedy of the daughter of the ne negro ro woman who was born wh white te and grew up white Louise Beavers who has played scores of nc negro ro roles played the part of ot the color colored d mother an plays plays a difficult cult role with intelligence and restraint restraint restraint re re- re- re that stamp her as a true actress ac ac- ac- ac tress Bea Pullman the widow finds her daughter a problem too too since the grown g girl rl played by Rochelle Hudson Hud son falls faUs in love with the man her mother has decided to marry ma Imitation of Life is well played arid well vell directed even tho though lh the tears were turned on too often and most roost everyone everone especially the army of or Fannie Hurst readers should find it good entertainment |