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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.

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The Younger Generation

March 4, 1929
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Cast (19)

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
Ferike Boros
Delancey Street Woman
Clarence Burton
Police Desk Sergeant
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
Bernard Siegel
Minor Role

Crew (10)

Directing

Frank Capra
Director
Tenny Wright
Assistant Director

Writing

Sonya Levien
Screenplay
Fannie Hurst
Theatre Play

Production

Joe Cooke
Production Manager
Jack Cohn
Producer

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Art

Harrison Wiley
Art Direction

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Costume & Make-Up

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Crew

Ted Tetzlaff
Cinematography

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