Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1937 · 1h 32m

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow poster
Director
Leo McCarey
Cast
Victor Moore as Barkley Cooper Beulah Bondi as Lucy Cooper Fay Bainter as Anita Cooper Thomas Mitchell as George Cooper Porter Hall as Harvey Chase Barbara Read as Rhoda Cooper
Crew
William C. Mellor — Director of Photography LeRoy Stone — Editor George Antheil — Original Music Composer Victor Young — Original Music Composer Viña Delmar — Screenplay Josephine Lawrence — Novel
Tagline

They want to live their own lives... Can you blame them?

Synopsis

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

Trailer Make Way for Tomorrow — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
bridgeeavesdroppingson-in-lawfamily reunionparentselderly coupleretirement homegeneral storedance bandseptuagenarianballroomdaughter–in–law
Key Collaborators
Leo McCarey Director William C. Mellor Director of Photography LeRoy Stone Editor George Antheil Original Music Composer Victor Young Original Music Composer Viña Delmar Screenplay Josephine Lawrence Novel Leo McCarey Producer Adolph Zukor Producer
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