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The Younger Generation (1929)
Directed by Frank Capra
“See what riches did to a son and poverty to a daughter. Learn what parents are forced to endure from their children!”
Drama · 1h 24m
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.
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
M
Martha Franklin
Mrs. Lesser
J
Joe Bordeaux
Crook
Ferike Boros
Delancey Street Woman
Clarence Burton
Police Desk Sergeant
Paul Ellis
Crook
Otto Fries
Tradesman
Crew
- Director
- Frank Capra
- Screenplay
- Sonya Levien
- Editor
- Arthur Roberts
- Producer
- Jack Cohn
Details
- Release date
- 1929-03-04
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures