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The Younger Generation
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7866 feet / 88 minutes
Directed by Frank R. Capra (Frank Capra)
Cast: Jean Hersholt [Julius Goldfish], Lina Basquette [Birdie Goldfish], Ricardo Cortez [Morris Goldfish], Rosa Rosanova [Tilda Goldfish], Rex Lease [Eddie Lesser], Martha Franklin [Mrs. Lesser], Syd Crossley [butler], Julianne Johnston [Irma Striker], Julia Swayne Gordon [Mrs. Striker], Jack Raymond [Pinsky], Otto Fries [tradesman], Leon Janney [child], Donald Hall
Columbia Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Jack Cohn. Screenplay by Sonya Levien with dialogue by Howard J. Green, from the play It Is to Laugh by Fannie Hurst. Production management by Joe Cooke. Art direction by Harrison Wiley. Technical director, Edward Shulter. Assistant director, Tenny Wright. Cinematography by Ted Tetzlaff + [Ben F. Reynolds]. Film editor, Arthur Roberts. Musical director, Bakalenikoff (C. Bakalenikoff). / © 18 March 1929 by Columbia Pictures Corporation [LP227]. Released 4 March 1929. / Movietone 35mm sperhical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version). / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, in eight reels (at 7246 feet), by Columbia Pictures Corporation in 1929. [?] McBride-Capra p. 724 lists the film’s length as 75 minutes, as does Website-IMDb. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.6591.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Jews - Synchronized sound film - USA: New York: New York
Listing updated: 31 January 2025.
References: AFI-F2 n. F2.6591; McBride-Capra pp. 723-724; Poague-Capra pp. 36-37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 53, 87, 180, 204, 205, 218, 237 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc.
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