The Younger Generation

1929

Drama / Romance

2
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 411 411

silent film generation gap manhattan, new york city

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Frank Capra Photo
Frank Capra

Top cast

Donald Hall Photo
Donald Hall as Minor Role
Ruth Feldman Photo
Ruth Feldman as Market Woman
Bernard Siegel Photo
Bernard Siegel as Mr. Kruge
Virginia Marshall Photo
Virginia Marshall as Birdie Goldfish as a Girl
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
770.18 MB
960*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 4
1.4 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JohnHowardReid 7 / 10

Depressingly Downbeat Past-Talkie

Reviewed by murkbrown 6 / 10

Early Capra film worth seeing

Reviewed by ksf-2 7 / 10

story of up-and-coming family on cusp of talkies

In this film, we see Morris Goldfish (Ricardo Cortez) bring success to his Jewish family, first as a young newspaper boy in New York City, and later a very successful, ambitious businessman. His mother (Rosa Rosanova) sees his skills, and encourages him, but the father and sister miss their old ramshackle home and old friends on the lower east side. This is one of the crossover films, where the soundtrack technology was invented while the film was being made. About halfway through the film, it switches from a silent film with title cards into a talking picture with sound track. Then it goes back to using title cards until the very end, with the final scene using sound again. Most of the cast had been making silent films for years, so they probably had to adjust to the sound portions. Good job by most of the cast. Papa Goldfish (Jean Hersholt) spends most of the film lamenting their new high-society lifestyle, and it gets annoying after a while. He won't even be happy when one of his kids gets engaged and married. We watch as Morris gets more and more successful, and he treats his own family very badly. Most of the story is told in dialogue, and after the big, grand opening, it looks like the rest was filmed in one room. This came out just before the big money crash of 1929, so we can assume that Morris will get what he deserves later, even if this story ends mostly on a sad note.
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