An elderly couple are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
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Title: Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Lucy Cooper | |
| Victor Moore | ... | Barkley 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 | |
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Ray Mayer | ... | Robert Cooper |
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Ralph Remley | ... | Bill Payne |
| Louise Beavers | ... | Mamie | |
| Louis Jean Heydt | ... | Doctor | |
| 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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family relationships | old age | senior citizen | ingratitude | family reunion |Taglines:
A Human Story of Domestic Affairs!Parents Guide:
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Lucy Cooper: Oh, Rhoda!
[Pats her hand]
Lucy Cooper: When you're seventeen and the world's beautiful, facing facts is just as slick fun as dancing or going to partis, but when you're seventy... well, you don't care about dancing, you don't think about parties anymore, and about the only fun you have left is pretending that there ain't any facts to face, so would you mind if I just went on pretending?
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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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This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #505. See more »Goofs
Position of George and Anita's hands change when talking about Rhoda getting her own apartment. See more »Quotes
Rhoda Cooper: Why don't you face facts, Grandma?Lucy Cooper: Oh, Rhoda!
[Pats her hand]
Lucy Cooper: When you're seventeen and the world's beautiful, facing facts is just as slick fun as dancing or going to partis, but when you're seventy... well, you don't care about dancing, you don't think about parties anymore, and about the only fun you have left is pretending that there ain't any facts to face, so would you mind if I just went on pretending?
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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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22 July 1937 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$6,416Company Credits
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One of the greatest tear-jerkers of all time. The sad tale of how two parents lose their house and not one of their children will let their own parents live with them. I agree, Miss Bondi deserved to win the Oscar that year but what else can I say about that subject. If you ever get to see this film, bring along a box of tissues. Make that two.