The Younger Generation

The Younger Generation

84 mins | Drama | March 4, 1929

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.

The Younger Generation

84 mins | Drama | March 4, 1929

The Younger Generation
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Younger Generation
Directors Frank Capra
Writers Fannie Hurst, Howard J. Green, Sonya Levien

Cast

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