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Make Way for Tomorrow

Year:

1937

Duration:

91 min | West Germany:85 min (TV)

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

8.2

Director:

Leo McCarey

Awards:

2 wins

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1937-10-07

Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Barbara Read

Make Way for Tomorrow

Victor Moore

Barkley Cooper

Beulah Bondi

Lucy Cooper

Fay Bainter

Anita Cooper

Thomas Mitchell

George Cooper

Porter Hall

Harvey Chase

Maurice Moscovitch

Max Rubens

Elisabeth Risdon

Cora Payne

Minna Gombell

Nellie Chase

Ray Mayer

Robert Cooper

Ralph Remley

Bill Payne

Louise Beavers

Mamie

Louis Jean Heydt

Doctor

Gene Morgan

Carlton Gorman

Granville Bates

Mr. Hunter

William Begg

Minor Role (uncredited)

Ferike Boros

Mrs. Sarah Rubens (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Man at Employment Agency (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Movie Theatre Doorman (uncredited)

Fritzi Brunette

Minor Role (uncredited)

Bobby Caldwell

Boy (uncredited)

Avril Cameron

Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)

Ethel Clayton

Customer (uncredited)

Helen Davis

Minor Role (uncredited)

Sidney De Gray

Minor Role (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Bridge Player (uncredited)

Ellen Drew

Usherette (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Mr. Dale (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

Minor Role (uncredited)

Dell Henderson

Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)

Mitchell Ingraham

Bridge Player (uncredited)

Alice Keating

Minor Role (uncredited)

Ralph Lewis

Business Man (uncredited)

Dorothy Lloyd

Bird Imitator (uncredited)

Nick Lukats

Boy Friend (uncredited)

Leo McCarey

Passerby / Man in Overcoat / Carpet Sweeper (uncredited)

Kitty McHugh

Head Usherette (uncredited)

Don McKinney

Minor Role (uncredited)

Lee Millar

Animal and Bird Imitator (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

Letter Carrier (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Richard Neill

Minor Role (uncredited)

William Newell

Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Joseph North

Waiter (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John Preston

Minor Role (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Guest in Vogard Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Francis Sayles

Bartender (uncredited)

Louise Seidel

Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Phillips Smalley

Business Man (uncredited)

Paul Stanton

Mr. Horton - Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Bernard Suss

Bridge Player (uncredited)

Rosemary Theby

Minor Role (uncredited)

Lelah Tyler

Bridge Player (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

Secretary (uncredited)

Gloria Williams

Bridge Player (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

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.

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Paramount boss Adolph Zukor reportedly pressured Leo McCarey to alter the film's downbeat ending, but the director resisted, and his contract with the studio was not renewed.

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Lucy Cooper's maiden name is Breckinridge.

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Goofs

Nellie's arm jumps from her ear to her lap when she says, "I'll have to talk to Harvey about it."

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The position of Mr. Rubens' arm changes when telling Bark that kids are ashamed of parents.

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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.

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Quotes

Pa: Goodbye, Lucy dear. In case I don't see you again...