Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.
- bridge
- eavesdropping
- son-in-law
- family reunion
- parents
- elderly couple
- retirement home
- general store
- dance band
- septuagenarian
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Victor Moore
Barkley Cooper
Beulah Bondi
Lucy 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
- Louise Beavers — Mamie
- Ray Mayer — Robert Cooper
- Ralph Remley — Bill Payne
- Louis Jean Heydt — Doctor
- Gene Morgan — Carlton Gorman
- Granville Bates — Mr. Hunter (uncredited)
- Directed
- Leo McCarey
- Written
- Viña Delmar
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 220 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
