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!
NR
Drama
Starring: Jean Hersholt, Lina Basquette, Ricardo Cortez, Rex Lease, Rosa Rosanova
Writer: Howard J. Green, Sonya Levien, Fannie Hurst
Release Date:
March 4, 1929
March 4, 1929
Ratings:
6.7 / 10
6.7 / 10
Director:
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
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.
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