''Fifth Avenue Models'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by

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and starring Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, and

Josef Swickard Josef Swickard (26 June 1866 – 1 March 1940) was a kingdom of Prussia, Prussian-born veteran stage and screen character actor, who had toured with stock companies in Europe, South Africa, and South America. Career Swickard emigrated to the Un ...

. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures.

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, 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 Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about north of ...

. 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

Preservation

A print of ''Fifth Avenue Models'' is held at the

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in Los Angeles.The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Fifth Avenue Models''
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References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* * 1925 films 1925 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Svend Gade American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Universal Pictures films American black-and-white films Films set in New York City 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub