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  • Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
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    91 min | Drama, Romance
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Passed
91 min | Drama, Romance
An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
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Director
Leo McCarey
Writers
Viña Delmar (screen play) | Josephine Lawrence (based on a novel by) | Helen Leary (play) | Nolan Leary (play)
Cinematographer
William C. Mellor (photographed by)
Editor
LeRoy Stone (edited by)
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Release date
Apr 30, 1937 (United States)
Awards
3 wins

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