Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue (1926) is a drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola rated 7.0/10.

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.

Cast

Marguerite De La Motte

Barbara Pelham

Allan Forrest

Neil Heffner

Louise Dresser

Claudine Kemp

William V. Mong

Peter Heffner

Crauford Kent

Allan Trainor

Lucille Lee Stewart

Natalie Van Loon

Anna May Wong

Nan Lo

Lillian Langdon

Mrs. Van Loon

Josephine Norman

Greenwich Village Girl

Sally Long

Greenwich Village Girl

Flora Finch

Mrs. Pettygrew