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Burn Hollywood Burn
The fascinating new book Race Results: Hollywood vs the Supreme Court; Ten Decades of Racial Decisions and Film by California Appellate Court Justice Eileen Moore offers readers a decade-=by-decade study of racism in film starting with Birth of a Nation in 1915 and continuing through today.
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Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life, a 1934 adaptation of Fannie Hurst’s three-hankie novel about the friendship between a white woman (Claudette Colbert) and the black maid (Louise Beavers) that helps her to become a millionaire through her pancake recipe, was a box-office smash, but largely criticized by black audiences.