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!"

Title: The Younger Generation
Original Title: The Younger Generation
Release Date: 1929-03-04
Status: Released
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 9 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures
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.
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

Martha Franklin
Mrs. Lesser

Joe Bordeaux
Crook

Ferike Boros
Delancey Street Woman

Clarence Burton
Police Desk Sergeant