---
title: 'The Younger Generation (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Capra'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 75
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-younger-generation-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020613/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Younger Generation (1929)

1929 · 75 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra)
- **Screenplay:** [Sonya Levien](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonya-levien)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mischa Bakaleinikoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/mischa-bakaleinikoff)
- **Producer:** [Harry Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cohn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ted Tetzlaff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-tetzlaff)

## Cast

- [Jack Raymond](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-raymond)
- [Bernard Siegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-siegel)
- [Ricardo Cortez](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricardo-cortez)
- [Julanne Johnston](https://cinepixo.com/people/julanne-johnston)
- [Clarence Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-burton)
- [Jean Hersholt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-hersholt)
- [Lina Basquette](https://cinepixo.com/people/lina-basquette)
- [Joe Bordeaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-bordeaux)
- [Julia Swayne Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-swayne-gordon)
- [Leon Janney](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-janney)

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