
The Younger Generation (1929)
6.5|4 Mar, 1929|84 min
See what riches did to a son and poverty to a daughter. Learn what parents are forced to endure from their children!
6.5|4 Mar, 1929|84 min
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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.
Keywords
silent film
generation gap
manhattan, new york city
Casts

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
Martha Franklin
Mrs. Lesser
Joe Bordeaux
Crook

Ferike Boros
Delancey Street Woman

Clarence Burton
Police Desk Sergeant

Paul Ellis
Crook

Otto Fries
Tradesman

Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Striker

Donald Hall
Minor Role

Leon Janney
Eddie Lesser as a Boy

Julanne Johnston
Irma Striker

Virginia Marshall
Birdie Goldfish as a girl
Jack Raymond
Pinsky

Bernard Siegel
Minor Role
Crews

Frank Capra
Director
Jack Cohn
Producer

Ted Tetzlaff
Cinematography
Arthur Roberts
Editor
Harrison Wiley
Art Direction
Joe Cooke
Production Manager
Tenny Wright
Assistant Director

Howard J. Green
Dialogue

Sonya Levien
Screenplay

Fannie Hurst
Theatre Play

C. Bakaleinikoff
Conductor
Backdrops & Posters

