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7 October 1937 (France)
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An elderly couple are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in. full summary | add synopsis
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Overlooked gem.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Victor Moore | ... | Barkley 'Pa' Cooper | |
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Lucy 'Ma' 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 | |
| Ray Mayer | ... | Robert Cooper | |
| Ralph Remley | ... | Bill Payne | |
| Louise Beavers | ... | Mamie | |
| Louis Jean Heydt | ... | Doctor | |
| Gene Morgan | ... | Carlton Gorman |
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The Years Are So Long (USA) (working title)
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91 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Though they play elderly parents who have been cast aside by their children, Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi were only 61 and 49, respectively, when this film was made.
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LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART
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Beulah Bondi gave her greatest performance as a mistreated elderly mother in this bittersweet, highly underrated Leo McCarey gem. Oscar should have noticed. (Actually, McCarey did win the Best Director Oscar that year, for the screwball comedy "The Awful Truth" - also written by Vena Delmar. In his acceptance speech, McCarey thanked the Academy, but said "you've given me this for the wrong film" - referring to "Make Way For Tomorrow.") Believe it or not, Bondi was only 48 at the time of filming, only four years older than the actors playing her children. A marvelous performance, and a lovely film