Comedy · United States of America · 1936 · 1h 5m

Make Way for a Lady

Director

Cast

Herbert Marshall as Christopher 'Chris' Drew Anne Shirley as June Drew Gertrude Michael as Miss Eleanor Emerson Margot Grahame as Valerie Broughton Taylor Holmes as George Terry Clara Blandick as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid

Crew

David Abel — Director of Photography George Crone — Editor Gertrude Purcell — Writer Elizabeth Jordan — Novel Edward Stevenson — Costume Design

Tagline

Meet the miss who framed her unsuspecting father... and drove him to pick the stepmother of her choice!

Synopsis

An imaginative teenager decides to play matchmaker for her widowed father. Director David Burton's 1936 comedy stars Herbert Marshall, Anne Shirley, Gertrude Michael, Margot Grahame, Clara Blandick, Frank Coghlan Jr., Willie Best and Maxine Jennings.

Mood & Themes

novelist publisher

Key Collaborators

David Burton Director David Abel Director of Photography George Crone Editor Gertrude Purcell Writer Elizabeth Jordan Novel Edward Stevenson Costume Design

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