The Younger Generation (1929)
With Ricardo Cortez, Jean Hersholt, Lina Basquette, Bernard Siegel, Jack Raymond, Joe Bordeaux, Julanne Johnston, Julia Swayne Gordon
Directed by Frank Capra
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.
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