Make Way for a Lady

Make Way for a Lady

Make Way for a Lady

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Make Way for a Lady

"Meet the miss who framed her unsuspecting father... and drove him to pick the stepmother of her choice!"

1936

1h 5m

5.0(5 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Cast & Crew

10 members

Acting

Herbert Marshall

Christopher 'Chris' Drew

Herbert Marshall

Acting

Anne Shirley

June Drew

Anne Shirley

Acting

Gertrude Michael

Miss Eleanor Emerson

Gertrude Michael

Acting

Margot Grahame

Valerie Broughton

Margot Grahame

Acting

Taylor Holmes

George Terry

Taylor Holmes

Acting

Clara Blandick

Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid

Clara Blandick

Acting

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Billy Hopkins

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Acting

Maxine Jennings

Miss Marian Moore

Maxine Jennings

Acting

Mary Jo Ellis

Mildred Jackson

No Image

Acting

Murray Kinnell

Doctor Barnes

Murray Kinnell

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