Douglas Sirk (1900-1987) Illustrations

• Filmography (PDF format)
  
  
• Hitler's Madman (1942-3)
  
  Source: Movie Poster Shop.
  
  
• Slightly French (1948)
  
  Sources: Movie Poster Shop, Notre Cinéma, the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
  
  
• Magnificent Obsession (1954)
  
  
  
• All That Heaven Allows (1956):
  
  
  • Opening Credits & First Scene Frame Grabs
  • Christmas scene Video Clip
    
    
• There's Always Tomorrow (1956):
  
  • Opening Scene Video Clip
    
    
• Written on the Wind (1957)
  
  • Video Clip
    
    
• The Tarnished Angels (1957)
  
  
  
• Imitation of Life: Stahl, 1934; and Sirk, 1959
  
  
  • Classroom Scene
    • Stahl and Sirk Versions Compared
      • Frame Grabs
      • Video Clips
    • Sirk Version Only
      • Video Clip
  • Other Scenes
    • Stahl and Sirk Versions Compared
      • Frame Grabs
    • Annie & Sarah Jane Video Clip
    • Lora & Susie Video Clip
    • Funeral

Imitation of Life Video Essay, by Darren Elliott-Smith on Vimeo (local copy).

Sirk on Moral Ambiguity

Local copy.

Image Sources

• Sérgio Leemann, "Douglas Sirk," A Certain Cinema.
• "Magnificent Obsession," Pharr From Heaven.
• Mark Rappaport, "The Sirk-Hudson Connection," The Citerion Collection."
• "Sirk's Mirror Images," The Iron Cupcake.
• "There's Always Tomorrow," Movie Poster Shop.