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Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) Facts
| Director(s) | Leo McCarey |
| Producer(s) | Leo McCarey, Adolph Zukor |
| Featured Cast | Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall |
| Total Facts | 7 |
Beulah Bondi was actually one year younger than Elisabeth Risdon, who played her daughter Cora.
Director Leo McCarey made this film after the death of his father.
Lucy Cooper's maiden name is Breckinridge.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
Paramount boss Adolph Zukor reportedly pressured Leo McCarey to alter the film's downbeat ending, but the director resisted, and his contract with the studio was not renewed.
Though they play elderly parents who have been cast aside by their children, Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi were only 61 and 49, respectively, when this film was made.
When Leo McCarey received his 1937 Best Director Oscar for "The Awful truth," he reportedly said that he got it for the wrong film, a clear reference to his fondness for "Make Way for Tomorrow."