The Younger Generation
(1929)

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

Released: 1929-03-04

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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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Jean Hersholt

as Julius Goldfish - Pa

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Lina Basquette

as Birdie Goldfish

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Ricardo Cortez

as Morris Goldfish

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Rex Lease

as Eddie Lesser

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Rosa Rosanova

as Tilda Goldfish - Ma

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Syd Crossley

as Goldfish's Butler

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Ferike Boros

as Delancey Street Woman

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Clarence Burton

as Police Desk Sergeant

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Otto Fries

as Tradesman

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Donald Hall

as Minor Role

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Leon Janney

as Eddie Lesser as a Boy

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Julanne Johnston

as Irma Striker

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Virginia Marshall

as Birdie Goldfish as a girl

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Bernard Siegel

as Minor Role

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