
Waterloo Bridge(1940)
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.


“They want to live their own lives... Can you blame them?”
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

Victor Moore
Barkley Cooper

Beulah Bondi
Lucy Cooper

Fay Bainter
Anita Cooper

Thomas Mitchell
George Cooper

Porter Hall
Harvey Chase

Barbara Read
Rhoda Cooper

Maurice Moscovitch
Max Rubens

Elisabeth Risdon
Cora Payne

Minna Gombell
Nellie Chase

Louise Beavers
Mamie
Make Way for Tomorrow is a drama, romance film released in 1937 exploring themes of bridge, eavesdropping, son-in-law, family reunion, parents, elderly couple. Directed by Leo McCarey, it stars Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter. An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.
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