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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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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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1.37 : 1
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Max Rubens: That's right. When they get older, and you can't give them as much as other choldren, they're ashamed of you, and when you give them everything and put them through college,
[He folds his arms]
Max Rubens: they're ashamed of you.
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(1934) (uncredited)
Written by Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow and Gene Austin
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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
Nellie's arm jumps from her ear to her lap when she says, "I'll have to talk to Harvey about it." See more »Quotes
Pa: You know, I sometimes think that children should never grow past the age when you have to tuck them into bed every night.Max Rubens: That's right. When they get older, and you can't give them as much as other choldren, they're ashamed of you, and when you give them everything and put them through college,
[He folds his arms]
Max Rubens: they're ashamed of you.
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Soundtracks
"When a St. Louis Woman Comes Down to New Orleans"(1934) (uncredited)
Written by Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow and Gene Austin
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It took me a while to get into this one. It's kind of awkward and uncomfortable, but it turns out that's largely the point. The story is about an elderly married couple (Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi) who lose their house to the bank. None of their five children has enough room for both of them, so they end up breaking up, supposedly temporarily, to live in the homes of two of their children. Moore goes with his daughter (Minna Gombell) and Bondi goes with her son (Thomas Mitchell). Much of the movie focuses on Bondi living with her son's family (Fay Bainter is Mitchell's wife and Barbara Read his daughter). It's Hell for all of them. Bondi's old fashioned ways are annoying to the family. She herself feels out of place and confused, having lived with her husband for 50 years. Meanwhile, Moore is having just as awful a time at his daughter's place. The whole picture finds its way to one of the most satisfying and powerful final acts I've seen, where the old couple finally reunites. It's pretty much the first time in the film we see them spend a significant amount of time together, and these two people who seemed so awkward apart feel like a whole together. We see their love, we feel for what they've lost. It's absolutely gorgeous. The very end of the film is a killer. I've never quite seen a film like this (well, Tokyo Story is obviously in part based on this). On a rewatch, I think it may be a lot stronger, but I liked it a heck of a lot this time around.