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Imitation of Life : Box It

Bea (Claudette Colbert) gives passerby Elmer Smith (Ned Sparks) a free stake of pancakes in exchange for a piece of advice. Meanwhile, Delilah (Louise Johnson) reveals her daughter Peola (Dorothy Black) as Black.

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close-up, crosscutting, cut-in, dissolve, eyeline match, following shot, framing, full shot, match on action, medium close-up, pace, pan, point-of-view shot, prop, reaction shot, reverse angle, shot/reverse shot, two-shot

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"Box It" in Imitation of Life. Directed by John M. Stahl, Universal Pictures, 1934, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=1842

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