Fifth Avenue Models
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Fifth Avenue Models
| image = File:Fifth Avenue Models (1925 film) poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Svend Gade
| producer =
| writer = Olga Printzlau
| based_on = {{basedon|The Best in Life|Muriel Hine}}
| starring = Mary Philbin
Norman Kerry
Josef Swickard
| music =
| editing =
| cinematography = John Stumar
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{film date|1925|4|25}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Fifth Avenue Models is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Svend Gade and starring Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, and Josef Swickard.Goble p. 761 It was produced and released by Universal Pictures.[http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FifthAvenueModels1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Fifth Avenue Models] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine,{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=Sumner |author-link= |title=Fifth Avenue Models; Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry in Highly Entertaining Universal Picture |journal=The Moving Picture World |volume=72 |issue=4 |pages=350 |publisher=Chalmers Publishing Co. |location=New York City |date=24 January 1925 |url=https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor72janf/page/350/mode/1up |access-date=24 July 2021}} Isobel Ludant (Philbin), the beautiful daughter of a talented but unsuccessful artist, is the breadwinner of the family, working in the shop of fashionable modiste. One night she is forced to act as a mannequin and gains the attention of art dealer Francis Doran (Kerry). As a result of a remark made by one of the other mannequins, Isobel attacks the young woman and is discharged. Before she reaches home, a man from the modeste's shop tells her that her father will be arrested unless she pays $150 for the dress she ruined in the fight. To save his daughter, the father (Ludant) goes with some crooks to identify a painting they want to steal, but he is caught and sent to Sing Sing. From then on, Isobel is placed in many suspicious situations as secretary to Doran, who knows nothing of what happened to the father. Doran loves her, but she believes his attentions mean less than marriage until he stands by her when her father is released from jail and his disgrace is blazoned to the world, at the time Doran's masterpiece is acclaimed by critics.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Mary Philbin as Isobel Ludant
- Norman Kerry as Francis Doran
- Josef Swickard as Josef Ludant
- William Conklin as Abel Van Groot
- Rosemary Theby as Mrs. Van Groot
- Rose Dione as Madame Suze
- Robert Brower as Art Salesman
- Betty Francisco as Rosie Guffy
- Helen Lynch as Maid
- George B. Williams as Van der Frift
- Jean Hersholt as Mr. Jones, a Crook
- Robert McKenzie as Mr. Fisk
- Ruth Stonehouse as Mrs. Fisk
- Lee Moran as Mrs. Fisk's Lover
- Mike Donlin as Crook's Henchman
- Cesare Gravina as Ludani's Tenement Neighbor
- Dorothy Seastrom as Mannequin
- Sally Rand as Mannequin / Dancer
- Billy Seay as Little Boy
}}
Preservation
A print of Fifth Avenue Models is held at the UCLA Film & Television Archive in Los Angeles.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3142/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fifth Avenue Models]
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0015803}}
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Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films directed by Svend Gade
Category:Films set in New York City
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Surviving American silent films
Category:Universal Pictures films
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