Fifth Avenue (1926)

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 Kemps 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 Heffners 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 everyones satisfaction