Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Leo McCarey
Screenplay by	Viña Delmar
Based on	The Years Are So Long 1934 novel by Josephine Lawrence and play of the same name by Helen Leary & Noah Leary
Produced by	Leo McCarey Adolph Zukor
Starring	Victor Moore Beulah Bondi Fay Bainter Thomas Mitchell
Cinematography	William C. Mellor
Edited by	LeRoy Stone
Music by	George Antheil Victor Young
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	May 9, 1937 (1937-05-09)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.