Watching this on television I was saying to myself this film has a Back Street like
quality to it. Sure enough as I came on this board to write a review I see it is
based on a Fannie Hurst novel.
Five And Ten casts Richard Bennett and Irene Rich as Mr.&Mrs. John Rarick who have come to New York to mix and mingle with really high society. Daughter Marion Davies looks forward to the move, but son Douglass Montgomery likes Kansas City where they came from.
The Back Street element comes to play when Davies falls for playboy architect Leslie Howard in a characterization obviously based on Stanford White. But Mary Duncan has staked out a claim and she's guarding it zealously. Howard marries her and Davies takes the Back Street route.
Acting honors here go to Douglass Montgomery best known for his role in Little Women. He really excels here in his fish in a bigger pond than he's used to role.
Davies and Howard are also quite good as the leads. Sadly I think that Five And Ten is a bit too old fashioned for today's taste. Back Street may yet get another remake, but I doubt this will.
Five And Ten casts Richard Bennett and Irene Rich as Mr.&Mrs. John Rarick who have come to New York to mix and mingle with really high society. Daughter Marion Davies looks forward to the move, but son Douglass Montgomery likes Kansas City where they came from.
The Back Street element comes to play when Davies falls for playboy architect Leslie Howard in a characterization obviously based on Stanford White. But Mary Duncan has staked out a claim and she's guarding it zealously. Howard marries her and Davies takes the Back Street route.
Acting honors here go to Douglass Montgomery best known for his role in Little Women. He really excels here in his fish in a bigger pond than he's used to role.
Davies and Howard are also quite good as the leads. Sadly I think that Five And Ten is a bit too old fashioned for today's taste. Back Street may yet get another remake, but I doubt this will.