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One can’t ignore a certain irony that Leo McCarey, director of one of the most irrefutably sorrowful motion pictures with 1937’s Make Way For Tomorrow, was actually well renowned for his comedic ventures, like that same year’s The Awful Truth or the most beloved of the Marx Brothers films with Duck Soup (1933). In the decades since its release, the film has recently come to be recognized for its influence on several filmmakers, including Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story (1953) and Ira Sachs’ Love is Strange (2014). Filmed during the Great Depression, yet without specific references to the significant economic downturn, the film has a timeless resonance that feels particularly fitting for our contemporary existence.

Though not cemented in Western culture, there’s a particular tendency for this depiction to transpire within the landscape of white, capitalistic peoples and their insistence on stuffing their elders into nursing home facilities. The film...

Beulah Bondi in Leo McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow Make Way For Tomorrow Review Part I What's good about Make Way for Tomorrow are the brilliant performances, especially by Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, and Victor Moore. The intelligent screenplay by Viña Delmar, based on Josephine Lawrence's novel, and Helen Leary and Nolan Leary's play, oftentimes feels realistic. Leo McCarey, for his part, directs the proceedings with an ample amount of humor; not the belly-laugh kind, but as a droll observation about the clash of generations. So what's not to like in Make Way for Tomorrow? Well, the two elderly characters are still active an [...]...

Make Way For Tomorrow (1937) Direction: Leo McCarey Cast: Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall, Barbara Read, Elisabeth Risdon, Maurice Moscovitch, Minna Gombell, Louise Beavers Screenplay: Viña Delmar; from Josephine Lawrence's novel, and Helen Leary and Nolan Leary's play Recommended with Reservations Beulah Bondi, Victor Moore, Make Way for Tomorrow The main conflict in Leo McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow revolves around an elderly couple, Barkley and Lucy Cooper (Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi), who lose their home and are forced to move in with their adult children. The sons and daughters hesitate, then reluctantly agree to house the couple. [...]...

Later this month, our friends at the Masters Of Cinema will be releasing Leo McCarey’s 1937 film, Make Way For Tomorrow on Blu-ray.

It was only this past February, that the Criterion Collection released their edition of Make Way For Tomorrow on DVD, with an incredible cover from the comic artist, Seth. The Criterion version was only available on DVD, and the Masters Of Cinema release will only be available on Blu-ray.

Assuming the press release lists all of the supplements on the MoC release, they will be duplicating all of the material from the Criterion disc. You’ll get a video piece from Peter Bogdanovich discussing the life and career of McCarey, and another video interview with Gary Giddins, discussing Leo McCarey’s filmography.

While it will be nice to see this film in high definition, it doesn’t seem like this is a title that you’ll need to double dip on,...