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MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW U

1937 ★★★★★ OUT 25 APRIL BD EXTRAS ★★★☆☆ Featurettes, Booklet

You gave it to me for the wrong picture,” said director. The better film was this one: a tearjerker about old age, tinged with truths both tender and awful. Even if the film flopped with Recession-era viewers seeking escapism, McCarey’s adaptation of a Josephine Lawrence novel drips with pathos and empathy.

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