<P> The 1933 novel Imitation Of Life by Fannie Hurst features an Aunt Jemima - type character, Delilah, a maid struggling in life with her widowed employer, Bea . Their fortunes change dramatically when Bea capitalizes on Delilah's family pancake recipe to open a pancake restaurant that attracts tourists at the Shore of New Jersey . It becomes a great success and eventually is packaged and sold as Aunt Delilah's Pancake Mix . The Academy Award nominated 1934 film version of Imitation of Life starring Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers retains this part of the plot, which was excised from the 1959 remake of Imitation of Life starring Lana Turner and directed by Douglas Sirk . They did however achieve success due to selling the flour with a smiling Delilah on the box dressed in Aunt Jemima fashion . </P> <P> Aunt Jemima, a minstrel - type variety radio program, was broadcast January 17, 1929--June 5, 1953, at times on CBS and at other times on the Blue Network . The program had several hiatuses during the overall span . </P> <P> Frank Zappa includes a song titled "Electric Aunt Jemima" on his 1969 album Uncle Meat . Electric Aunt Jemima was the nickname for Zappa's Standel guitar amplifier . Zappa's composition "Magdalena" on his 1971 album Just Another Band From L.A. tells the story of a Canadian maple syrup - maker ("...for the pancakes of our land .") who lusts after his teenage daughter . His 1974 album Apostrophe (') continues the pancake and syrup theme on the tracks "St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast" and "Father O'Blivion ." </P> <P> Faith Ringgold's first quilt story Who's Afraid of Aunt Jemima? (1983) depicts the story of Aunt Jemima as a matriarch restaurateur . </P>

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