The Younger Generation
The Younger Generation
Release: 1929-03-04
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 6.7
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Julanne Johnston
as Irma Striker
Bernard Siegel
as Minor Role
Jean Hersholt
as Julius Goldfish - Pa
Paul Ellis
as Crook
Rosa Rosanova
as Tilda Goldfish - Ma
Syd Crossley
as Goldfish's Butler
Ferike Boros
as Delancey Street Woman
Clarence Burton
as Police Desk Sergeant
Julia Swayne Gordon
as Mrs. Striker
Virginia Marshall
as Birdie Goldfish as a girl
Lina Basquette
as Birdie Goldfish
Ricardo Cortez
as Morris Goldfish
Rex Lease
as Eddie Lesser
Otto Fries
as Tradesman
Donald Hall
as Minor Role
Leon Janney
as Eddie Lesser as a Boy
