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The Younger Generation
1929, Mar 04
1h 24m
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.
Directed by
Frank Capra
Ricardo Cortez
Morris Goldfish
Rex Lease
Eddie Lesser
Syd Crossley
Goldfish's Butler
Jean Hersholt
Julius Goldfish - Pa
Paul Ellis
Crook
Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Striker
Bernard Siegel
Minor Role
Julanne Johnston
Irma Striker
Ferike Boros
Delancey Street Woman
Lina Basquette
Birdie Goldfish
Leon Janney
Eddie Lesser as a Boy
Clarence Burton
Police Desk Sergeant
Donald Hall
Minor Role
Rosa Rosanova
Tilda Goldfish - Ma
Virginia Marshall
Birdie Goldfish as a girl
Otto Fries
Tradesman
Martha Franklin
Mrs. Lesser
Joe Bordeaux
Crook
Jack Raymond
Pinsky
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