The Younger Generation

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

84 mins
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.

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

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

Frank Capra

Director

Jack Cohn

Producer

Ted Tetzlaff

Cinematography

Harrison Wiley

Art Direction

Joe Cooke

Production Manager

Tenny Wright

Assistant Director

Sonya Levien

Screenplay

Fannie Hurst

Theatre Play

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