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.

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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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Stuart Erwin notableWork Make Way for Tomorrow
Leo McCarey notableWork Make Way for Tomorrow