A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Top of New York
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 5148 feet
Directed by William D. Taylor (William Desmond Taylor)

Cast: May McAvoy [Hilda O’Shaunnessey], Walter McGrail [Emery Gray], Pat Moore [Micky O’Shaunnessey], Edward Cecil [Gregory Stearns], Charles Bennett [Mr. Isaacson], Mary Jane Irving [Susan Gray], Carrie Clark Ward [Mrs. Brady], Arthur Hoyt [Mr. Brady]

Realart Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Julia Crawford Ivers, from an adaptation by George Hopkins (George James Hopkins) of a short story by Sonya Levien. Cinematography by James Van Trees (James C. Van Trees). Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 14 March 1922 by Realart Pictures Corporation [LP18044]. Premiered 18 June 1922 at the Rivoli Theatre in New York, New York. Released 21 August 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Baby Doll. Taylor’s last film to be completed before his murder.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Toys

Listing updated: 1 December 2023.

References: Drew-Speaking pp. 117, 118, 279; Sherwood-Best p. 192 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.