Fifth Avenue (1926)

Fifth Avenue

1926

Drama

Synopsis

When her cotton crop is burned, Barbara Pelham, a beautiful southern girl, comes to New York to find work as a fashion designer, staying with Mrs. Kemp, a woman she meets on the northbound train. In Mrs. Kemp's house, Barbara encounters Peter Heffner, a wealthy stockbroker, and discovers from him that she has taken up residence in a whorehouse. There is a police raid, but Barbara escapes arrest and returns home. Heffner's son, Neil, goes south to inspect some family property and there meets Barbara, with whom he falls in love. They decide to be married, and she accompanies him to New York, where she meets the elder Heffner for a second time. He denounces her as a whore, but Barbara goes to Mrs. Kemp, who explains the misunderstanding to everyone's satisfaction.

Credits

Director

Robert G. Vignola

Cast

Allan Forrest as Neil Heffner

Anna May Wong as Nan Lo

Crauford Kent as Allan Trainor

Josephine Norman as Greenwich Village Girl

Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Van Loon

Louise Dresser as Claudine Kemp

Lucille Lee Stewart as Natalie Van Loon

Marguerite De La Motte as Barbara Pelham