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The Younger Generation

  • 19291929
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
322
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Ricardo Cortez, Lina Basquette, and Jean Hersholt in The Younger Generation (1929)
DramaRomance
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them.Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them.Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
322
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Frank Capra
  • Writers
    • Fannie Hurst(from the play by)
    • Sonya Levien(screen play)
    • Howard J. Green(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Jean Hersholt
    • Lina Basquette
    • Ricardo Cortez
  • Director
    • Frank Capra
  • Writers
    • Fannie Hurst(from the play by)
    • Sonya Levien(screen play)
    • Howard J. Green(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Jean Hersholt
    • Lina Basquette
    • Ricardo Cortez
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 12User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Ricardo Cortez, Jean Hersholt, and Rosa Rosanova in The Younger Generation (1929)
    Ricardo Cortez and Lina Basquette in The Younger Generation (1929)
    Ricardo Cortez in The Younger Generation (1929)
    Leon Janney in The Younger Generation (1929)
    Lina Basquette and Jean Hersholt in The Younger Generation (1929)
    Ricardo Cortez, Lina Basquette, Jean Hersholt, and Rosa Rosanova in The Younger Generation (1929)
    Lina Basquette and Rex Lease in The Younger Generation (1929)
    Ricardo Cortez, Lina Basquette, Jean Hersholt, and Rosa Rosanova in The Younger Generation (1929)

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    Jean Hersholt
    Jean Hersholt
    • Julius Goldfish - Pa
    Lina Basquette
    Lina Basquette
    • Birdie Goldfish
    Ricardo Cortez
    Ricardo Cortez
    • Morris Goldfish
    Rex Lease
    Rex Lease
    • Eddie Lesser
    Rosa Rosanova
    Rosa Rosanova
    • Tilda Goldfish - Ma
    Syd Crossley
    Syd Crossley
    • Goldfish's Butler
    • (as Sid Crossley)
    Martha Franklin
    • Mrs. Lesser
    Joe Bordeaux
    • Crook
    • (uncredited)
    Ferike Boros
    Ferike Boros
    • Delancey Street Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Clarence Burton
    Clarence Burton
    • Police Desk Sergeant
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Ellis
    Paul Ellis
    • Crook
    • (uncredited)
    Otto Fries
    • Tradesman
    • (uncredited)
    Julia Swayne Gordon
    Julia Swayne Gordon
    • Mrs. Striker
    • (uncredited)
    Donald Hall
    Donald Hall
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Leon Janney
    Leon Janney
    • Eddie Lesser as a Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Julanne Johnston
    Julanne Johnston
    • Irma Striker
    • (uncredited)
    Virginia Marshall
    • Birdie Goldfish as a girl
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Raymond
    • Pinsky
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Frank Capra
    • Writers
      • Fannie Hurst(from the play by)
      • Sonya Levien(screen play)
      • Howard J. Green(dialogue)
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.
    • Goofs
      When Birdie tells Eddie (via intertitle) that his song has been sold for $1000, he excitedly mouths the words "Five thousand?"
    • Quotes

      Title Card: New York's Lower East Side--a melting pot, where the younger generation struggles to free itself from the old-world ideas of its fathers.

    • Connections
      Featured in Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)

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    6/10
    Capra with kreplach
    A young Frank Capra slips easily into a milieu you wouldn't expect him to have much feel for--the Jewish Lower East Side--in this early talkie, adapted from a Fannie Hurst novel. Hurst wrote soap operas that validated the feelings of the common woman, but here she's more intent on portraying immigrant Jews, a subculture most of America probably knew and thought little about, with dignity and empathy. And the histrionics are effective. Capra always had a way with actors, and he helps Jean Hersholt, as the stuck-in-his-ways paterfamilias, and Lina Basquette, as a feisty but sympathetic daughter, to their best performances. Ricardo Cortez is more of a natural as the son than you think--he was born Jake Krantz. The early-talkie format, with some scenes with dialogue and others with titles and sound effects, is awkward--if we can hear footsteps and doors slamming, why can't we hear dialogue?--and the not-too-happy ending, with the son punished for his acquisitiveness, is a bit of a downer. But it's loaded with atmosphere, and shows Capra learning his trade quickly.
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    • Release date
      • March 4, 1929 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La nueva generación
    • Filming locations
      • Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes

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