Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLeo McCarey
Screenplay byViña Delmar
Based onThe Years Are So Long
1934 novel
by Josephine Lawrence and play of the same name by Helen Leary & Noah Leary
Produced byLeo McCarey
Adolph Zukor
Starring
CinematographyWilliam C. Mellor
Edited byLeRoy Stone
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 9, 1937 (1937-05-09)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Make Way for Tomorrow is a 1937 American tragedy film directed by Leo McCarey. The plot concerns an elderly couple (played by Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi) 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 and Noah Leary, which was in turn based on the novel The Years Are So Long by advice columnist Josephine Lawrence. McCarey viewed the film as his best, and it has been praised by later critics. In 2010, it was selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress's National Film Registry.