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The Younger Generation

The Younger Generation

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 4, 1929

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Drama

User Score

63%

Original Title

The Younger Generation

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Director

Frank Capra

Description

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.