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