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55% Critic Match
Make Way for a Lady
“Meet the miss who framed her unsuspecting father... and drove him to pick the stepmother of her choice!”
5.5 / 10• 1936• 1h 5m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
An imaginative teenager decides to play matchmaker for her widowed father. Director David Burton's 1936 comedy stars Herbert Marshall, Anne Shirley, Gertrude Michael, Margot Grahame, Clara Blandick, Frank Coghlan Jr., Willie Best and Maxine Jennings.
Cast & Crew
Herbert Marshall
Christopher 'Chris' Drew
Lead
Anne Shirley
June Drew
Gertrude Michael
Miss Eleanor Emerson
Margot Grahame
Valerie Broughton
Taylor Holmes
George Terry
Clara Blandick
Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Billy Hopkins
Maxine Jennings
Miss Marian Moore
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. David Burton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Make Way for a Lady is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
