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Make Way for Tomorrow Overview:

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Leo McCarey and produced by Leo McCarey and Adolph Zukor.

Make Way for Tomorrow was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2010.

Make Way for Tomorrow BlogHub Articles:

THE HOME SWEET HOME BLOGATHON: Make Way for Tomorrow, 1937

on Jan 27, 2021 From Caftan Woman

Gill at Realweegiemidgetreivews and Rebecca at Taking Up Room are hosting The Home Sweet Home Blogathon featuring movies about home and family, and family connections in movies. The blogathon runs from January 27th to 29th.For those not familiar with the film's plot or reputation, my look at Make Wa... Read full article

A Cruz dos Anos / Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

By Lê on May 12, 2017 From Critica Retro

A Cruz dos Anos / Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) Eu tenho uma confissão a fazer: eu quase nunca choro em casamentos vendo filmes. Em geral eu consigo separar a experiência fílmica das minhas emoções, e assim sou capaz de analisar um filme criticamente. Mas eu também tenho um calcanhar de ... Read full article

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

on Sep 9, 2016 From Journeys in Classic Film

Certain movies are like the dinosaurs: it’s hard believing they existed and realizing they did. I don’t use this analogy disparagingly, more as a means of emphasizing how special Leo McCarey’s Make Way for Tomorrow truly is. In our cinematic landscape where turning 35 is practical... Read full article

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 11, 2015 From 4 Star Films

It seems like Leo McCarey and this film for that matter often get lost in the shuffle. In his day he was a highly successful and well thought of director of such classics as The Awful Truth and Going My Way. However, his moving drama Make Way For Tomorrow is now often overshadowed by a similar film ... Read full article

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 11, 2015 From 4 Star Films

It seems like Leo McCarey and this film for that matter often get lost in the shuffle. In his day he was a highly successful and well thought of director of such classics as The Awful Truth and Going My Way. However, his moving drama Make Way For Tomorrow is now often overshadowed by a similar film ... Read full article

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Make Way for Tomorrow Quotes:

Rhoda Cooper: Why don't you face facts, Grandma?
Lucy Cooper: Oh, Rhoda!
[Pats her hand]
Lucy Cooper: When you're seventeen and the world's beautiful, facing facts is just as slick fun as dancing or going to partis, but when you're seventy... well, you don't care about dancing, you don't think about parties anymore, and about the only fun you have left is pretending that there ain't any facts to face, so would you mind if I just went on pretending?
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Make Way for Tomorrow Facts
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.
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.
Lucy Cooper's maiden name is Breckinridge.
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."
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.
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