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2010 National Film Registry

posted 13 years ago by digitaldiva
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This marvelous film has been selected to be part of the 2010 National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. I thank the movie gods and goddesses that "Make Way for Tomorrow" is finally getting the recognition it deserves.

Here is the synopsis from the NFR;

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

"Make Way for Tomorrow" is a sensitive, progressive, issue-oriented Depression-era film by director Leo McCarey. It concerns an aged and indigent married couple forced by their self-absorbed children to live separately in order to save money. The final scene, depicting the husband and wife parting company in a train station, counters the belief that late-30s Hollywood films always had happy endings. "Make Way for Tomorrow" deftly explores themes of retirement, poverty, generational dissonance and the nuances of love and regret at the end of a long married life.

[–] aljaz_ciber 13 years ago

It was about time! I sure hope that this will help to pull this gem of a movie out of oblivion.

They may crush the flowers, but they can't stop the Spring.

[–] digitaldiva 13 years ago

Hi crime dog,

Let's hope so. It's a marvelous film.