The Younger Generation

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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  Frank Capra
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  Tenny Wright

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  Jean Hersholt
  Julius Goldfish - Pa
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  Lina Basquette
  Birdie Goldfish
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  Ricardo Cortez
  Morris Goldfish
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  Rex Lease
  Eddie Lesser
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  Rosa Rosanova
  Tilda Goldfish - Ma
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  Syd Crossley
  Goldfish's Butler
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  Martha Franklin
  Mrs. Lesser
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  Joe Bordeaux
  Crook
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  Ferike Boros
  Delancey Street Woman
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  Clarence Burton
  Police Desk Sergeant
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  Paul Ellis
  Crook
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  Otto Fries
  Tradesman
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  Julia Swayne Gordon
  Mrs. Striker
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  Donald Hall
  Minor Role
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  Leon Janney
  Eddie Lesser as a Boy
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  Julanne Johnston
  Irma Striker
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  Virginia Marshall
  Birdie Goldfish as a girl
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  Jack Raymond
  Pinsky
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  Bernard Siegel
  Minor Role