Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 24, 1926
• Runtime
• 60 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Robert G. Vignola

Fifth Avenue — 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