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Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) 7.9
An elderly couple are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in. Director:Leo McCarey |
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Cast
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Victor Moore | ... |
Barkley Cooper
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Lucy Cooper
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Fay Bainter | ... |
Anita Cooper
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George Cooper
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Porter Hall | ... |
Harvey Chase
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Barbara Read | ... |
Rhoda Cooper
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Maurice Moscovitch | ... |
Max Rubens
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Elisabeth Risdon | ... |
Cora Payne
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Minna Gombell | ... |
Nellie Chase
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Ray Mayer | ... |
Robert Cooper
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Bill Payne
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Louise Beavers | ... |
Mamie
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Louis Jean Heydt | ... |
Doctor
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Gene Morgan | ... |
Carlton Gorman
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At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands? Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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elderly | retirement home | second honeymoon | eavesdropping | car salesman |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 October 1937 (France) See more »Also Known As:
The Years Are So Long See more »Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(1910) (uncredited)
Written by Leo Friedman, Harold Rossiter and Beth Slater Whitson
Played by hotel band in ballroom and later sung by Victor Moore in cab
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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. See more »Goofs
When George asks his wife about his mother being in the way of the bridge group, the wife's hands change position in three consecutive shots. See more »Soundtracks
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart"(1910) (uncredited)
Written by Leo Friedman, Harold Rossiter and Beth Slater Whitson
Played by hotel band in ballroom and later sung by Victor Moore in cab
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Beulah Bondi gave her greatest performance as a mistreated elderly mother in this bittersweet, highly underrated Leo McCarey gem. Oscar should have noticed. (Actually, McCarey did win the Best Director Oscar that year, for the screwball comedy "The Awful Truth" - also written by Vena Delmar. In his acceptance speech, McCarey thanked the Academy, but said "you've given me this for the wrong film" - referring to "Make Way For Tomorrow.") Believe it or not, Bondi was only 48 at the time of filming, only four years older than the actors playing her children. A marvelous performance, and a lovely film