
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!
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.
Director Frank Capra
Cast

Julanne Johnston
Irma Striker

Bernard Siegel
Minor Role

Jean Hersholt
Julius Goldfish - Pa

Clarence Burton
Police Desk Sergeant

Otto Fries
Tradesman

Leon Janney
Eddie Lesser as a Boy

Virginia Marshall
Birdie Goldfish as a girl

Lina Basquette
Birdie Goldfish

Rosa Rosanova
Tilda Goldfish - Ma

Rex Lease
Eddie Lesser

Syd Crossley
Goldfish's Butler

Ferike Boros
Delancey Street Woman

Paul Ellis
Crook

Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Striker

Donald Hall
Minor Role

Ricardo Cortez
Morris Goldfish