06 August 1928 Drama, Crime 70 mins
Joe, a weakling gangster, and Bob, an ex-gambler, compete for Lyla Mason, a working girl who also runs a 10th Avenue rooming house in New York city. Bob's desire to show Lyla he can support her leads him back to the gambling table when past-due rent threatens her with eviction. Bob and Joe are both suspected when Fink, a bootlegger, is found murdered in his room.
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Phyllis Haver as Lyla Mason
Victor Varconi as Bob Peters
Joseph Schildkraut as Joe Ross
Louis Natheaux as Fink
Robert Edeson as Detective Ed Burton
Ethel Wales as Ma Mason
William C. de Mille Director
Lloyd Carpenter Griscom Writer
Douglas Z. Doty Writer
Adelaide Cannon Editor
Stephen Goosson Art Direction
William J. Scully Assistant Director
United States 06 August 1928
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