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