Letters: An inappropriate moment for 'Imitation of Life'

IHOPE CABLE TV and Channel 12 won't broadcast the old movie "Imitation of Life" during the rest of January or February.

This is a special time for African-Americans, and we don't need to be confronted with that movie. If anybody broadcasts this movie, I'll consider it inappropriate and will make every effort to have their broadcasting license revoked.

I'm aware that the fans of "Imitation of Life" will have a "75/50" celebration this year - the 75th anniversary of the Claudette Colbert original and the 50th anniversary of the Lana Turner remake. If you want to celebrate a 75/50, I suggest you celebrate the upcoming 75th birthday of Shirley MacLaine and the 50th anniversary of "Ask Any Girl," one of Shirley's first hits.

(Lady readers: I'm familiar with "Ask Any Girl," and it is a blizzard of pumps. Yes, I know what pumps are.)

Tim Short, Bryn Mawr