The Younger Generation (1929)

ALL 03/04/1929 (en) Drama 84 Min
  • Release
    03/04/1929
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    63%
  • Original title
    The Younger Generation
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

Overview

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.

  1. Frank Capra

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Jack Cohn

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Jean Hersholt

    Julius Goldfish - Pa

  2. Lina Basquette

    Birdie Goldfish

  3. Ricardo Cortez

    Morris Goldfish

  4. Rex Lease

    Eddie Lesser

  5. Rosa Rosanova

    Tilda Goldfish - Ma

  6. Syd Crossley

    Goldfish's Butler

  7. Martha Franklin

    Mrs. Lesser

  8. Joe Bordeaux

    Crook

  9. Ferike Boros

    Delancey Street Woman

  10. Clarence Burton

    Police Desk Sergeant

  11. Paul Ellis

    Crook

  12. Otto Fries

    Tradesman

  13. Julia Swayne Gordon

    Mrs. Striker

  14. Donald Hall

    Minor Role

  15. Leon Janney

    Eddie Lesser as a Boy

  16. Julanne Johnston

    Irma Striker

  17. Virginia Marshall

    Birdie Goldfish as a girl

  18. Jack Raymond

    Pinsky

  19. Bernard Siegel

    Minor Role

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 19 , Crews : 10

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The Younger Generation (1929) 84 Min

ALL 03/04/1929 (en)
Drama
  • Release 03/04/1929
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures
  • Original title The Younger Generation
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Frank Capra

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Arthur Roberts

    Editor

  4. Jack Cohn

    Producer