Fifth Avenue (film)

Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
	Still with Allan Forrest and Marguerite De La Motte
Directed by	Robert G. Vignola
Written by	Anthony Coldeway ; Fanny Hatton; Frederic Hatton;
Starring	Marguerite De La Motte; Allan Forrest; Louise Dresser;
Cinematography	James Van Trees
Production; company	Belasco Productions
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	January 24, 1926;
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Fifth Avenue is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Marguerite De La Motte, Allan Forrest, and Louise Dresser.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[4] Barbara Pelham, a young woman who arrives in New York City from the South to obtain an advance on her father’s cotton crop, is lured into staying at a disorderly house. It is here that Peter Heffner, the broker from whom she sought a loan, makes unwelcome advances to her. She flees the house just prior to it being raided by the police. Later she meets Neil Heffner, the son of the broker. A friendship that ripens to love forms between the young people. The young man’s father tries to discredit the young woman by calling her a prostitute, but her name is cleared by an explanation by Mrs. Kemp, who was the keeper of the resort.

Cast

Marguerite De La Motte as Barbara Pelham
Allan Forrest as Neil Heffner
Louise Dresser as Claudine Kemp
William V. Mong as Peter Heffner
Crauford Kent as Allan Trainor
Lucille Lee Stewart as Natalie Van Loon
Anna May Wong as Nan Lo
Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Van Loon
Josephine Norman as Greenwich Village Girl
Sally Long as Greenwich Village Girl
Flora Finch as Mrs. Pettygrew
Rolfe Sedan as Bit Role (uncredited)

Preservation

With no prints of Fifth Avenue located in any film archives,^[5] it is a lost film.

References

^ Munden p. 235
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Fifth Avenue
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Fifth Avenue at silentera.com
^ "New Pictures: Fifth Avenue". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (4). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 70 January 9, 1926. Retrieved January 31, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fifth Avenue

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

Fifth Avenue at IMDb
Stills at www.silentfilmstillarchive.com

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[1] Munden p. 235

[2] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Fifth Avenue

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: Fifth Avenue at silentera.com

[EH-4] "New Pictures: Fifth Avenue". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (4). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 70 January 9, 1926. Retrieved January 31, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[5] The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fifth Avenue

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