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Imitation of Life : Opening Sequence

Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert) and her daughter Jessie (Juanita Quigley) are getting ready for the day when Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers) appears at the door and offers her services as a housekeeper.

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close-up, crosscutting, cut-in, dissolve, eyeline match, following shot, framing, high angle, long take, low angle, medium close-up, pan, point-of-view shot, shot/reverse shot, sound advance, tilt, tracking shot, two-shot

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"Opening Sequence" in Imitation of Life. Directed by John M. Stahl, Universal Pictures, 1934, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=1840

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