Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

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

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1937-05-09
  • User Rating: 7.6/10 from 183 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Leo McCarey
star 7.6/10
From 183 Ratings

Summary

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands?

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  • 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
  • Maurice Moscovitch

    as Max Rubens
  • Elisabeth Risdon

    as Cora Payne
  • Minna Gombell

    as Nellie Chase
  • Louise Beavers

    as Mamie
  • Ray Mayer

    as Robert Cooper
  • Ralph Remley

    as Bill Payne
  • Louis Jean Heydt

    as Doctor
  • Gene Morgan

    as Carlton Gorman
  • Granville Bates

    as Mr. Hunter (uncredited)
  • Ethel Clayton

    as Customer (uncredited)
  • Ellen Drew

    as Usherette (uncredited)
  • Leo McCarey

    as Passerby / Man in Overcoat / Carpet Sweeper (uncredited)
  • Dennis O'Keefe

    as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
  • Joseph North

    as Waiter (uncredited)
  • Francis Sayles

    as Bartender (uncredited)
  • Ferike Boros

    as Mrs. Sarah Rubens (uncredited)
  • Avril Cameron

    as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
  • Byron Foulger

    as Mr. Dale (uncredited)
  • Paul Stanton

    as Mr. Horton - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
  • Don Brodie

    as Man at Employment Agency (uncredited)
  • Ralph Brooks

    as Movie Theatre Doorman (uncredited)
  • Fritzi Brunette

    as Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Helen Davis

    as Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Sidney De Gray

    as Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Jesse Graves

    as Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Alice Keating

    as Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Richard Neill

    as Minor Role (uncredited)
  • John Preston

    as Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Rosemary Theby

    as Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Bobby Caldwell

    as Boy (uncredited)
  • Nick Lukats

    as Boy Friend (uncredited)
  • Helen Dickson

    as Bridge Player (uncredited)
  • Mitchell Ingraham

    as Bridge Player (uncredited)
  • Bernard Suss

    as Bridge Player (uncredited)
  • Lelah Tyler

    as Bridge Player (uncredited)
  • Gloria Williams

    as Bridge Player (uncredited)
  • Dell Henderson

    as Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)
  • Ralph Lewis

    as Business Man (uncredited)
  • Phillips Smalley

    as Business Man (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Lloyd

    as Bird Imitator (uncredited)
  • Kitty McHugh

    as Head Usherette (uncredited)
  • Lee Millar

    as Animal And Bird Imitator (uncredited)
  • Howard M. Mitchell

    as Letter Carrier (uncredited)
  • Louis Natheaux

    as Headwaiter (uncredited)
  • William Newell

    as Ticket Seller (uncredited)
  • Cyril Ring

    as Guest in Vogard Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
  • Ronald R. Rondell

    as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
  • Louise Seidel

    as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
  • Ruth Warren

    as Secretary (uncredited)
  • Sam Harris

    as Hotel Dining Room Guest (uncredited)
  • Dick Gordon

    as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Writing Josephine Lawrence Novel
Directing Leo McCarey Director
Writing Viña Delmar Screenplay
Production Adolph Zukor Producer
Production Leo McCarey Producer
Art A. E. Freudeman Set Decoration
Editing LeRoy Stone Editor
Art Bernard Herzbrun Art Direction
Visual Effects Gordon Jennings Visual Effects
Sound Boris Morros Music Director
Writing Nolan Leary Theatre Play
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Sound George Antheil Original Music Composer
Camera William C. Mellor Director of Photography
Sound Don Johnson Sound Recordist
Sound Walter Oberst Sound Recordist
Sound Victor Young Original Music Composer

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