Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Leo McCarey

Writers:

Viña Delmar (writer)
Josephine Lawrence (novel)

Release Date:

7 October 1937 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

An elderly couple are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.

Plot Keywords:

Elderly | Based On Play | Based On Novel

Cast

Victor Moore	...	Barkley 'Pa' Cooper
Beulah Bondi	...	Lucy 'Ma' Cooper
Fay Bainter	...	Anita Cooper
Thomas Mitchell	...	George Cooper
Porter Hall	...	Harvey Chase
Barbara Read	...	Rhoda Cooper
Maurice Moscovitch	...	Max Rubens
Elisabeth Risdon	...	Cora Payne
Minna Gombell	...	Nellie Chase
Ray Mayer	...	Robert Cooper
Ralph Remley	...	Bill Payne
Louise Beavers	...	Mamie
Louis Jean Heydt	...	Doctor
Gene Morgan	...	Carlton Gorman

Also Known As:

The Years Are So Long (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Though they play elderly parents who have been cast aside by their children, Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi were only 61 and 49, respectively, when this film was made.

Quotes:

Pa: Two old-fashioneds, for two old-fashioned people.

Soundtrack:

WHEN A ST. LOUIS WOMAN COMES DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS

Overlooked...? Indeed!!!

I cannot believe that this movie did not receive any Academy Awards! I give it "All T's", for touching, tender, terrific, and tearfully timeless!!! Why it continues to be overlooked and not made into a video behooves any Beulah Bondi fan and people like me that have had the privilege of catching it tucked away between 2am infomercials on other stations. Get it on the shelf in the video stores! I've been looking for it for years! Can you say, "Bitter batter baby buggy bumpers" to your spouse as lovingly as these two lovebirds did in that 1937 classic? Romeo, Juliet, Scarlett and Rhett can't hold a light to 'Pa' and 'Ma' Cooper!