Make Way for a Lady

Make Way for a Lady

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

NR 1936 · 65 min · ★ 5.5 · Comedy

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.

Directed by David Burton · Written by Gertrude Purcell

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