Make Way for Tomorrow
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“Two old-fashioneds, for two old-fashioned people”
Overview
When ageing couple Barkley (Victor Moore) and Lucy Cooper (Beulah Bondi) suddenly lose their home to foreclosure, they summon their children to help them decide what to do next. While their daughter Nell has space for both, she needs a few months to convince her husband, and so, for the meantime, the inseparable Bark and Lucy reluctantly agree to stay with different children. But as their hosts become irritable to their presence, Nell’s half-hearted efforts seem fruitless and Bark’s work hopes diminish further, he and Lucy reunite for a stroll through the city; an afternoon down memory lane that might be their last.
Why You Should See This Film
Orson Welles said “It would make a stone cry”, Roger Ebert called it “beautiful and heartbreaking, wonderful and very sad” while documentarian Errol Morris declared it his #1 film; “the most depressing movie ever made” – it even inspired screenwriter Kogo Noda to write Tokyo Story. It’s true, Make Way for Tomorrow is best viewed with tissues on hand, but it is a tragedy that pull tears not from hardship but from true happiness and how little room the world makes for it. No couple has ever graced the screen with such sweetness and love as Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi. We’re tearing up just thinking about them.
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