Make Way for Tomorrow
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Make Way for Tomorrow is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Leo McCarey, that poignantly portrays the hardships faced by an elderly couple forced to live apart during the Great Depression.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Make Way for Tomorrow canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7004425 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Make Way for Tomorrow Context triple: [Stuart Erwin, notableWork, Make Way for Tomorrow]
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A.
Odds Against Tomorrow
Odds Against Tomorrow is a 1959 American film noir crime drama notable for its exploration of racial tension and its starring role by Harry Belafonte.
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B.
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful is a 1953 play by Horton Foote, best known through its acclaimed stage and screen adaptations about an elderly woman's poignant journey to revisit her rural hometown.
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C.
A Girl of Yesterday
A Girl of Yesterday is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film starring Mary Pickford and Owen Moore, notable as an early feature in Pickford’s career.
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D.
All That Heaven Allows
All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 romantic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk, renowned for its lush Technicolor visuals and its critique of 1950s American social conformity and class prejudice.
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E.
A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun is a multi-platinum 1999 country album by Tim McGraw that features several hit singles and helped solidify his status as a major star in the genre.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Make Way for Tomorrow Target entity description: Make Way for Tomorrow is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Leo McCarey, that poignantly portrays the hardships faced by an elderly couple forced to live apart during the Great Depression.
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A.
Odds Against Tomorrow
Odds Against Tomorrow is a 1959 American film noir crime drama notable for its exploration of racial tension and its starring role by Harry Belafonte.
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B.
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful is a 1953 play by Horton Foote, best known through its acclaimed stage and screen adaptations about an elderly woman's poignant journey to revisit her rural hometown.
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C.
A Girl of Yesterday
A Girl of Yesterday is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film starring Mary Pickford and Owen Moore, notable as an early feature in Pickford’s career.
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D.
All That Heaven Allows
All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 romantic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk, renowned for its lush Technicolor visuals and its critique of 1950s American social conformity and class prejudice.
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E.
A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun is a multi-platinum 1999 country album by Tim McGraw that features several hit singles and helped solidify his status as a major star in the genre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | National Board of Review Top Ten Films (1937) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Years Are So Long
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
novel by Josephine Lawrence ⓘ |
| castMember |
Beulah Bondi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elisabeth Risdon NERFINISHED ⓘ Fay Bainter NERFINISHED ⓘ Porter Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | William C. Mellor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Leo McCarey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | LeRoy Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| follows | The Years Are So Long NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ |
| hasTagline | “Honor thy father and thy mother.” ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dignity in old age
ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ parent–child relationships ⓘ |
| influenced |
Tokyo Story
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yasujirō Ozu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Great Depression
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
family separation ⓘ marriage ⓘ old age ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | unrated (pre-MPAA ratings era) ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Antheil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on later family dramas
ⓘ
portrayal of elderly couple forced to live apart ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Hollywood studio era ⓘ |
| producer | Leo McCarey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1937 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | May 9, 1937 ⓘ |
| runtime | 91 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Viña Delmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Make Way for Tomorrow Description of subject: Make Way for Tomorrow is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Leo McCarey, that poignantly portrays the hardships faced by an elderly couple forced to live apart during the Great Depression.
Referenced by (2)
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