

The Younger Generation
1 hour 24 minutes1929-03-04
6.6
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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

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

Jack Raymond
Pinsky
