
One of the saddest movies of all of time is “Make way for Tomorrow” a 1937 Paramount Production directed by the renowned Leo G. McCarey. The film is a neglected masterpiece, so by all means watch it. Just make sure you have a box of tissues nearby. Orson Welles is reported to have said that this film could make a stone cry. The film stars excellent character actors, Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell and Porter Hall. McCarey won an Oscar for best director that same year for his work on “The Awful Truth.” When he received his Academy Award, he said: “You gave it to me for the wrong picture.”
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