The Top of New York (1922)
Hilda lives in a tenement apartment with her aunt, Mrs. Brady, and her crippled younger brother Micky, and works in a department store where her boss lusts after her. But happiness comes into her life when she meets artist Emery Gray. Gray's wife deserted him long ago, leaving him with their daughter Susan (Mary Jane Irving) to raise. While Susan and Micky become playmates, Hilda restores Gray's faith in womanhood.
Director: William Desmond Taylor
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May McAvoy as Hilda O'Shaunnessey |
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Walter McGrail as Emery Gray |
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Pat Moore as Micky O'Shaunnessey |
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Edward Cecil as Gregory Stearns |
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Charles Bennett as Mr. Isaacson |
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Mary Jane Irving as Susan Gray |
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Carrie Clark Ward as Mrs. Brady |
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Arthur Hoyt as Mr. Brady |
| Directing | William Desmond Taylor | Director |
| Writing | Sonya Levien | Story |
| Camera | James Van Trees | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Julia Crawford Ivers | Writer |
| Writing | George James Hopkins | Writer |