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The Younger
Generation
(1929)
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This early part-takie feature drama, directed by Frank Capra, stars Jean Hersholt and Lina Basquette, with Ricardo Cortez, Rosa Rosanova, Rex Lease, Martha Franklin, Syd Crossley, Julianne Johnston, Julia Swayne Gordon and Jack Raymond.
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 Sony Pictures
Home Entertainment
2024 UltraHD / Blu-ray Disc edition
Frank Capra at Columbia (1928-2024), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including The Younger Generation (1929), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
12709928, UPC 0-43396-63593-7.
One single-sided, single-layered, Regions ABC UltraHD Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (3840 x 2160 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; and one single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc UHD keepcase in cardboard library box; $230.99.
Release date: 19 November 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This UltraHD / Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from the best surviving archival materials.
The film is accompanied by its original synchronized soundtrack.
Supplemental material includes the full-length documentaries, Frank Capra’s American Dream (1997) by Kenneth Bowser, and Frank Capra: Mr. America (2023) by Matthew Wells.
For information regarding other films included in the boxset, see our Frank Capra at Columbia on home video page.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Regions ABC UHD / BD edition is available from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2025 DVD edition
The Younger Generation (1929), black & white, 84 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8671D, UPC 0-89218-86719-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $9.99.
Release date: 20 May 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm or 8mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by its original synchronized soundtrack.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
ALPHA VIDEO through . . .
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Other silent era FRANK CAPRA films available on home video.
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