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Basics Critics:84Viewers:76Rusty:83
Category: Drama, Kids/Family, RomanceNotable as: DramaSub-Category: Black-and-white, Film adaptation, Marriage Drama, Family Drama, DramaNarrative location: New York CityRuntime: 91 - 92 minutesColor: black-and-white filmLanguage: EnglishCountry: United StatesDirector: Leo McCarey, Ray McCareyScreenwriter: Viña DelmarMusic: George AntheilCinematography: William C. MellorStars: Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall, Barbara Read, Dell Henderson, Elisabeth Risdon, Ellen Drew, Gene Lockhart Producer: Leo McCarey, Adolph ZukorStudio: Paramount PicturesAwards won: National Film RegistryAward details: (details at IMDb)
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Make Way for Tomorrow is a 1937 American drama film directed by Leo McCarey. The plot concerns an elderly couple who are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents. The film was written by Viña Delmar, from a play by Helen Leary and Noah Leary, which was in turn based on the novel The Years Are So Long by advice columnist Josephine Lawrence. McCarey believed that it was his finest film. When he accepted his Academy Award for Best Director for The Awful Truth which was released the same year, he said "Thanks, but you gave it to me for the wrong picture." In 2010, it was selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress's National Film Registry.


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