The Younger Generation
11 reviews
Drama
1h 24m
1929
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business...
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Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.
- DirectorFrank Capra
- Release4 March 1929
- GenreDrama
- Duration1h 24m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate11 reviews
- Productions
Columbia Pictures
Cast

Jean Hersholt
Julius Goldfish - Pa

Lina Basquette
Birdie Goldfish

Ricardo Cortez
Morris Goldfish

Rex Lease
Eddie Lesser

Rosa Rosanova
Tilda Goldfish - Ma

Syd Crossley
Goldfish's Butler

Ferike Boros
Delancey Street Woman

Clarence Burton
Police Desk Sergeant

Paul Ellis
Crook

Otto Fries
Tradesman

Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Striker

Donald Hall
Minor Role

Leon Janney
Eddie Lesser as a Boy

Julanne Johnston
Irma Striker

Virginia Marshall
Birdie Goldfish as a girl

Bernard Siegel
Minor Role
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