Make Way for Tomorrow

May 9, 1937

1h 32m

★ 7.5

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

Overview

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Barkley Cooper

Victor Moore

Lucy Cooper

Beulah Bondi

Anita Cooper

Fay Bainter

George Cooper

Thomas Mitchell

Harvey Chase

Porter Hall

Rhoda Cooper

Barbara Read

Max Rubens

Maurice Moscovitch

Cora Payne

Elisabeth Risdon

Nellie Chase

Minna Gombell

Mamie

Louise Beavers

Robert Cooper

Ray Mayer

Bill Payne

Ralph Remley

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