The Top of New York (1922)

The Top of New York

1922

Drama

Synopsis

Hilda lives in a tenement apartment with her aunt, Mrs. Brady, and her crippled younger brother Micky, and works in a department store where her boss lusts after her. But happiness comes into her life when she meets artist Emery Gray. Gray's wife deserted him long ago, leaving him with their daughter Susan (Mary Jane Irving) to raise. While Susan and Micky become playmates, Hilda restores Gray's faith in womanhood.

Credits

Director

William Desmond Taylor

Cast

Arthur Hoyt as Mr. Brady

Carrie Clark Ward as Mrs. Brady

Charles Bennett as Mr. Isaacson

Edward Cecil as Gregory Stearns

Mary Jane Irving as Susan Gray

May McAvoy as Hilda O'Shaunnessey

Pat Moore as Micky O'Shaunnessey

Walter McGrail as Emery Gray