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The Younger Generation

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The Younger Generation
Film poster
Directed byFrank Capra
Written byHoward J. Green (dialogue)
Sonya Levien
Based onIt Is to Laugh
by Fannie Hurst
Produced byJack Cohn
StarringRicardo Cortez
CinematographyTed Tetzlaff
Edited byArthur Roberts
Music byMischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 4, 1929 (1929-03-04)
Running time
75 minutes / 84 minutes (TCM print)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English Intertitles

The Younger Generation is a 1929 sound part-talkie American drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Ricardo Cortez. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film was produced by Jack Cohn for Columbia Pictures. It was Capra's first sound film. The screenplay was adapted from a 1927 Fannie Hurst play, It Is to Laugh.[1]

Plot

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The child of Jewish immigrants, Morris Goldfish (Ricardo Cortez) finds success as an art dealer. He moves his family to Fifth Avenue and changes his name to Maurice Fish. There, he finds his family to be damaging to his social status. In the end he finds that there is more to life than money.[1][2]

Cast

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Music

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The film featured two theme songs. The first is entitled "A Bird Flew Into My Heart" and was composed by Lou Herscher. The second theme song is entitled "Because You Flew Away" and was composed by David Prince and Andrew B. Sterling.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The Younger Generation". Tcm.com. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Younger Generation (1929)". IMDb.com. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
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