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Make Way For Tomorrow

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Original title: Make Way For Tomorrow
Year: 1937
Running time: 91 min.
Country: United States
Director: Leo McCarey
Screenwriter: Viña Delmar, Helen Leary, Noah Leary. Novel: Josephine Lawrence
Music: George Antheil, Victor Young
Cinematography: William C. Mellor (B&W)
Cast: Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall, Barbara Read, Dennis O'Keefe, Maurice Moscovitch, Minna Gombell
Producer: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Drama | Old Age / Elderly. Family Relationships
Synopsis: An elderly couple has lived together for 50 years but they have just lost their home to a bank. Their five children are sorry to hear that, but they don't want to get their hands too dirty helping them, so they split them, which is a severe blow for the couple.

Rankings Position

#90 Best US Movies of all time
#106 Best Drama Movies
#150 Best Movies in the history of film

Awards: 1937: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Critics' reviews

"With the possible exception of Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, this 1937 drama by Leo McCarey is the greatest movie ever made about the plight of the elderly"

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"[It] is quietly observant about the social awkwardness of the situation (...) The great final arc of 'Make Way for Tomorrow' is beautiful and heartbreaking (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"[It has] humanity, honesty, and warmth (...) Nurtured and developed by the best script Vina Delmar has written, by Mr. McCarey's brilliant direction, and by the superb performances of Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, and the rest"

Frank S. Nugent: The New York Times
"'Make Way for Tomorrow's opening visual aria leaves one unprepared for the subtle, insightful observation to follow (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Keith Uhlich: Slant
"It is a tear-jerker (...) Fay Bainter does splendidly as the wife of George Cooper"

Variety
"A profoundly sad film, but it's so subtly wrought and generous of spirit that its sadness is transfigured into a kind of exhilaration."

Jessica Winter: Slate
"A marvel of Hollywood classicism, sweeping the audience swiftly and smoothly toward a devastating finish"

Noel Murray: AV Club
"'Make Way for Tomorrow' foreshadowed 'Tokyo Story' and can hold its own with Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece."

Philip French: The Guardian

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