DVD
Make way for tomorrow
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
[DVD special ed.] ; Full screen version.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall, Barbara Read, Louise Beavers, Maurice Moscovitch, Elisabeth Risdon, Minna Gombell, Ray Mayer.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 18 in.)
Summary
After losing their house to foreclosure, an elderly couple is separated when none of their five children will take them in together.
Notes
Based on a novel by Josephine Lawrence and a play by Helen and Nolan Leary.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1937.
Special features: "Tomorrow, yesterday and today:" a new video interview featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich discussing the career of Leo McCarey and Make way for tomorrow; new video interview with critic Gary Giddins in which he talks about McCarey's artistry and the political and social context of the film; booklet features new essays by critic Tag Gallagher and filmmaker Bertrand Tavenier, and an excerpt from film scholar Robin Wood's 1998 piece "Leo McCarey and 'Family values.'"