The Younger Generation

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.

Directed by Frank Capra

Top cast

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

M

Martha Franklin

Mrs. Lesser

J

Joe Bordeaux

Crook

Ferike Boros

Delancey Street Woman

Clarence Burton

Police Desk Sergeant

Paul Ellis

Crook

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

J

Jack Raymond

Pinsky

Bernard Siegel

Minor Role

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