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The Younger Generation (1929)

The Younger Generation (1929)

Drama

See what riches did to a son and poverty to a daughter. Learn what parents are forced to endure from their children!

Release Date: 1929, March 4
Directors: Frank Capra
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Cast: Joe Bordeaux, Jack Raymond, Rex Lease, Ricardo Cortez, Paul Ellis, Jean Hersholt, Lina Basquette, Donald Hall, Leon Janney, Ferike Boros, Syd Crossley, Bernard Siegel

Overview:

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:

manhattan, new york city silent film generation gap