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Make Way for a Lady
Directed by	David Burton
Screenplay by	Gertrude Purcell
Based on	Daddy and I 1935 novel by Elizabeth Jordan
Produced by	Zion Myer
Starring	Herbert Marshall Anne Shirley Gertrude Michael
Cinematography	David Abel
Edited by	George Crone
Music by	Roy Webb
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	November 13, 1936 (1936-11-13)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Make Way for a Lady is a 1936 American romantic comedy drama film directed by David Burton and starring Herbert Marshall, Anne Shirley and Gertrude Michael. June Drew (Anne Shirley) is the teenaged "lady" based on Elizabeth Jordan's novel Daddy and I. Marshall and Michael previously starred together in Till We Meet Again, earlier in 1936.

Plot

June Drew is the daughter of widowed Christopher Drew, who suffers in silence as his daughter tries to "match" him with every eligible woman in sight.

Cast

• Herbert Marshall as Christopher 'Chris' Drew
• Anne Shirley as June Drew
• Gertrude Michael as Miss Eleanor Emerson
• Margot Grahame as Valerie Broughton
• Taylor Holmes as George Terry
• Clara Blandick as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
• Frank Coghlan Jr. as Billy Hopkins
• Maxine Jennings as Miss Marian Moore
• Mary Jo Ellis as Mildred Jackson
• Murray Kinnell as Doctor Barnes

External links

• Make Way for a Lady at IMDb
• Make Way for a Lady at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
• Make Way for a Lady at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films