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The Younger Generation
See what riches did to a son and poverty to a daughter. Learn what parents are forced to endure from their children!
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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Cast
Jean HersholtJulius Goldfish - Pa
Lina BasquetteBirdie Goldfish
Ricardo CortezMorris Goldfish
Rex LeaseEddie Lesser
Rosa RosanovaTilda Goldfish - Ma
Syd CrossleyGoldfish's Butler- Martha FranklinMrs. Lesser
- Joe BordeauxCrook
Ferike BorosDelancey Street Woman
Clarence BurtonPolice Desk Sergeant
Paul EllisCrook
Otto FriesTradesman
Julia Swayne GordonMrs. Striker
Donald HallMinor Role
Details
- Director
- Frank Capra
- Writers
- Sonya Levien, Fannie Hurst, Howard J. Green
- Release date
- March 4, 1929
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Columbia Pictures
