The Younger Generation

⭐ 6.5/10 📅 1929 ⏱️ 84 min 🎭 Drama, Romance

See what riches did to a son and poverty to a daughter. Learn what parents are forced to endure from their children!

📋 Details

🎬 Director

Frank Capra

✍️ Writers

Sonya Levien

🎥 Producers

Jack Cohn

🌍 Countries

United States of America

🏢 Production

Columbia Pictures

🗣️ Languages

English

🎭 Genres

Drama Romance

📖 Overview

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.