The Younger Generation

The Younger Generation (1929)

See what riches did to a son and poverty to a daughter. Learn what parents are forced to endure from their children!

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1929-03-04
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 9 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Frank Capra
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Summary

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.

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  • Jean Hersholt

    as Julius Goldfish - Pa
  • Lina Basquette

    as Birdie Goldfish
  • Ricardo Cortez

    as Morris Goldfish
  • Rex Lease

    as Eddie Lesser
  • Rosa Rosanova

    as Tilda Goldfish - Ma
  • Syd Crossley

    as Goldfish's Butler
  • Martha Franklin

    as Mrs. Lesser
  • Joe Bordeaux

    as Crook
  • Ferike Boros

    as Delancey Street Woman
  • Clarence Burton

    as Police Desk Sergeant
  • Paul Ellis

    as Crook
  • Otto Fries

    as Tradesman
  • Julia Swayne Gordon

    as Mrs. Striker
  • Donald Hall

    as Minor Role
  • Leon Janney

    as Eddie Lesser as a Boy
  • Julanne Johnston

    as Irma Striker
  • Virginia Marshall

    as Birdie Goldfish as a girl
  • Jack Raymond

    as Pinsky
  • Bernard Siegel

    as Minor Role
Directing Frank Capra Director
Editing Arthur Roberts Editor
Art Harrison Wiley Art Direction
Directing Tenny Wright Assistant Director
Crew Ted Tetzlaff Cinematography
Production Jack Cohn Producer
Production Joe Cooke Production Manager
Writing Fannie Hurst Theatre Play
Writing Sonya Levien Screenplay
Writing Howard J. Green Dialogue

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