The Younger Generation

Mar 4, 1929

1h 24m

★ 6.5

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Julius Goldfish - Pa

Jean Hersholt

Birdie Goldfish

Lina Basquette

Morris Goldfish

Ricardo Cortez

Eddie Lesser

Rex Lease

Tilda Goldfish - Ma

Rosa Rosanova

Goldfish's Butler

Syd Crossley

Mrs. Lesser

Martha Franklin

Crook

Joe Bordeaux

Delancey Street Woman

Ferike Boros

Police Desk Sergeant

Clarence Burton

Crook

Paul Ellis

Tradesman

Otto Fries

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5.2

Easy Virtue

Apr 1, 1928

Larita Filton is named as correspondent in a scandalous divorce case. She escapes to France to rebuild her life where she meets John Whittaker. They are later married, but John's well-to-do family finds out Larita's secret.

5.9

The Ring

Sep 28, 1927

Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.

6.5

Love One Another

Feb 7, 1922

Based on the novel 'Elsker hverandre' by Aage Madelung, the film follows various lives, one of which is Jewish girl Hanne-Liebe, as she grows up, and experiences the pains of living as a Jew in Russia, leading to a revolution.

6.5

Why Be Good?

Feb 28, 1929

A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.

6.0

You Never Know Women

Sep 20, 1926

On her way to the theater, Vera, star of a Russian vaudeville troupe, is rescued from a falling girder by Eugene Foster, a wealthy broker who persists in his efforts to win the girl. Foster engages the troupe to perform at his home, and Vera, stunned by a fall, awakens to find Foster pleading his love, while Norodin, her partner who loves her, sees them embrace. Norodin, who performs an underwater stunt, asks Vera not to be present for his act and causes her to believe him dead; heartbroken, Vera tells Foster of her mistake; and enraged, he attempts to seize her. The magician appears, pins Foster to the wall with knives, and advises him to leave before the last blade is thrown.

0.0

The Score

Jul 3, 2013

A short silent film influenced by the classical German Expressionist cinema of the 1920s. Two musicians struggle with passion and sanity, delving further into desperation, paranoia and death as they search for the souls of their creativity.

6.9

The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris

Nov 13, 1915

Paris is prey to an invisible terror against which the police can do nothing: a sinister organization that sows chaos and death. The intrepid journalist Philippe Guérande and his partner embark on a long crusade to put an end to the crimes of the Great Vampire and Irma Vep, his dangerous accomplice. (A ten episode movie serial.)

6.3

The kiss

Nov 15, 1929

An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.

0.0

The Iron Woman

Oct 2, 1916

Steel mill owner Sarah Maitland has raised her two children, Blair and Nannie, to be honest and caring, however Blair disappoints her when he seduces the wife of his best friend and breaks up her marriage. No one is happy but it takes a near fatal accident to set things right.

6.2

A Throw of Dice

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Two neighboring kings addicted to gambling, Ranjit and his cousin Sohat, vie for the same beautiful young woman, Sunita, daughter of the hermit Kanwa.

7.8

The Heiress

Oct 6, 1949

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.

6.0

The Student of Prague

Aug 22, 1913

Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.

5.8

Too Many Kisses

Jan 11, 1925

Wanting his son to get away from his many girlfriends and buckle down to work, the New York industrialist father of a playboy sends him to an obscure village in Spain to find samples of a rare mineral. When the son gets to Spain, he runs afoul of the local police chief - who has a secret that he tries to keep the young man from discovering.

6.2

The Beautiful Leukanida

Apr 25, 1912

Two insects fight over the hand of a beautiful lady.

5.7

Dishonored Lady

May 16, 1947

Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.

6.8

Train of Shadows

Dec 13, 1997

Experimental silent homage to the origins of cinema, recreating the apparent disappearance of a French photographer in the 1920s.

0.0

Forgotten Faces

Aug 5, 1928

A petty thief (Clive Brook) just robs the very rich at speakeasies, and gets away with it because the rich don't want the bad publicity, finally is caught and sent to Sing Sing. After good behavior, he gets an emergency permission for a return home, so that he may save his daughter from the hands of her disreputable mother (Baclanova). However, he must first promise not to kill his wife while he is out of prison.

7.1

Pushpaka Vimana

Nov 17, 1987

An unemployed man, who dreams of living it large, finds a rich man drunk and lying in the sewer. Things take a turn when he imprisons him and takes his identity to get a taste of his lifestyle.