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The Younger Generation

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Calorie Rating: 118
Released: 1929-03-04
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Studios: Columbia Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Frank Capra
Director
Tenny Wright
Assistant Director


Cast

Jean Hersholt
Character: Julius Goldfish - Pa
Lina Basquette
Character: Birdie Goldfish
Ricardo Cortez
Character: Morris Goldfish

Rex Lease
Character: Eddie Lesser
Rosa Rosanova
Character: Tilda Goldfish - Ma
Syd Crossley
Character: Goldfish's Butler

Martha Franklin
Character: Mrs. Lesser
Joe Bordeaux
Character: Crook
Ferike Boros
Character: Delancey Street Woman

Clarence Burton
Character: Police Desk Sergeant
Paul Ellis
Character: Crook
Otto Fries
Character: Tradesman

Julia Swayne Gordon
Character: Mrs. Striker
Donald Hall
Character: Minor Role
Leon Janney
Character: Eddie Lesser as a Boy

Julanne Johnston
Character: Irma Striker
Virginia Marshall
Character: Birdie Goldfish as a girl
Jack Raymond
Character: Pinsky

Bernard Siegel
Character: Minor Role


Production and Crew

Joe Cooke
Production Manager
Ted Tetzlaff
Cinematography

Harrison Wiley
Art Direction
Jack Cohn
Producer
Sonya Levien
Screenplay

Fannie Hurst
Theatre Play